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Last Rank
Specialist 4
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Last Service Branch
Armor
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Last Primary MOS
11E20-Armor Loader/Driver
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Last MOS Group
Armor (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1967-1968, 11E20, A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry
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Service Years
1966 - 1968
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Order of the Spur
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Personal Details
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Home State
Minnesota | |
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Year of Birth
1947 |
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MAJ John Moore (SaberAlpha 10)
to remember
Kosel, Gene Marlow, SP 4.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Graceton, MN |
Last Address
Graceton, MN
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Casualty Date
Jan 20, 1968 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Multiple Fragmentation Wounds |
Location
Hau Nghia (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
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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