William (Bill) Harmon Koho

Lance Corporal 2533

KIA

05/14/47 03/14/67

Home Of Record Bend, OR

While on a company size operation about 6k northwest of Camp Evans and

about 5k west of the village of Phong Dien near the northern boundary

of Thua Thien Province and north of the Song O Lau River in I Corps,

Republic of Vietnam, artillery forward observer LCpl William Koho was

walking through the brush near the point man of his platoon with Golf

Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. A Marine in front of Bill tripped

a booby trapped grenade which exploded near Bill causing severe wounds

and resulted in his death. LCpl Koho was on a voluntarily extended

tour of duty in Vietnam and had turned down a leave to the Philippines

in order to participate in the operation. That was the way he was.