Victor Joseph Kohlbeck
Sergeant First Class
HHC & BAND, DIV SPT CMD, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
October 18, 1927 to February 20, 1966
VICTOR J KOHLBECK is on the Wall at Panel 5E, Line 55

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 Victor J Kohlbeck
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20 Nov 2004

I served with Sergeant Kohlbeck for over a year and he was a wonderful person and friend. He was always there to help, and possesed a great musical talent. Me and the other guys from that band miss him.

John Barrett
johnb@conntext.com

The 1st Cav band was the only US military band in Vietnam.

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The band practices for a concert at An Khe.
The man standing is SP5 Dillard;
to his left, sitting, is SFC Kohlbeck.
Both died on 20 February.

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SFC Kohlbeck is sitting, music in his lap.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Two men from the 1st Cavalry Division's HHC & Band died on 20 Feb 1966:
  • SFC Victor J. Kohlbeck, Manitowoc, WI, and
  • SP5 Thomas M. Dillard, Sheffield, AL.

The casualty records for both men indicate they died from gunshot wounds, but other sources - a family friend for SFC Kohlbeck and SP5 Dillard's Company Commander - attribute their deaths to injuries received during a mortar attack. By report, SFC Kohlbeck was helping to carry wounded to a medevac helicopter when he was fatally wounded by mortar fragments.


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