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Home State
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Year of Birth 1947 |
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Kosel, Gene Marlow, SP 4.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Graceton |
Last Address Graceton
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Casualty Date Jan 20, 1968 |
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Cause Hostile, Died |
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds |
Location Hau Nghia |
Conflict Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68) |
Location of Interment Wanda Cemetery - Wanda, Minnesota |
Wall/Plot Coordinates 34E 088 |
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Last Known Activity
THE WINONA DAILY NEWS (Wednesday, January 26, 1968)
Graceton Youth Dies In Vietnam
WASHINGTON (AP) - Spec. 4 Gene M. Kosel, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kosel of rural Graceton, Minn. has been killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department reported.
Kosel, a tank gunner, had been in the Army since October 1966 and in Vietnam since last July. He was killed Saturday.
After graduating from Baudette, Minn. High School in 1966, he worked as a cabinet maker at Port Huron, Mich, until he was drafted.
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Comments/Citation Gene was in the 2nd Platoon of A Troop 3/4 Cavalry
Religion: Assembles Of God
Father: Alfred Karl Kosel
Mother: Hazel Dorothy Garman
Brothers: William of Lexington, Michigan and Larry stationed in the Army in Germany.
Sister: Mrs. Dewey Day of New Ulm, Minnesota
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