The Koonce surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,870 people carried this name — #5,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,698 in 2000.

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In print

Koonce in American newspapers,
1917–1920.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Koonce
The Grenada Sentinel 1919-09-19
Newspaper page from Webster City Freeman carrying the name Koonce
Webster City Freeman 1920-05-10
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Koonce
The Grenada Sentinel 1917-07-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,049 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Koonce,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Koonce 1818–1908 · military personnel
  • Cal Koonce 1940–1993 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Koonce,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States302 records

302 records of the Koonce name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 188
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 97
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Everett J. Koonce

    Born 1910 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; furnaceman from St Louis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Earl Koonce

    Born 1948; from Ripley, Tennessee. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George D. Koonce

    U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1879, died 1971; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 302 records for Koonce in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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