Victor Joseph Kohlbeck

Sergeant First Class
HHC & DIVISION BAND, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
18 October 1927 - 20 February 1966
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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Victor J Kohlbeck

The database page for Victor Joseph Kohlbeck

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.



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.



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.



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend who served with him,
John Barrett
johnb@conntext.com 
20 Nov 2004



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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