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ALBERT F KLESTINEC JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1945 – July 10, 1966
Service recordAlbert F Klestinec JR, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 15
- KENNETH C KRAUSSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1966
- HANS PETER LUTZAirman First Class · July 10, 1966
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.