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CRAIG GORDON KLOTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – October 1, 1969
Service recordCraig Gordon Klotz, of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Nazareth, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 23
- RAYMOND MORGAN KILBYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- MARK DANIEL MANGINLance Corporal · October 1, 1969
- EARL THOMAS SOMMERHOFSergeant First Class · October 1, 1969
- FREDDY KEITH STALEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Nazareth
- WILLIAM EDWARD HUFFCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RAY GLENWOOD HAWKPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
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.