U.S. Air Force · United States 
Alvin Vincent Kohler
Alvin Vincent Kohler served in the U.S. Air Force for 2 years and 10 months. Alvin served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Trooper Alvin Kohler was shot and killed in Miami when he stopped to help a disabled motorist on the Florida Turnpike at SW 168th Street. Trooper Kohler stopped for a car on fire. He requested a tow truck and started writing the 15-year-old driver a citation for failure to comply with a restriction on his license. When the tow truck arrived, the youth opened fire with a handgun, killing the trooper and the tow truck driver. The suspect and a 13-year-old companion then fled in the tow truck. Minutes later, they were captured by two Florida City police officers. The shooter was convicted of two counts of murder and robbery and sentenced to three life terms in prison. As of November 22, 2020, he was in prison. Trooper Kohler was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for 11 months.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Kohler served with the Florida Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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