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DAVID JOHN KLIPPEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordDavid John Klippel, of Daggett, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Daggett, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 16
- EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIACorporal · January 23, 1968
- HERSHEL HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 14
- GEORGE MONROE MOORESergeant First Class · Panel 35E, Line 19
- LEROY JOSEPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 19
From Daggett
- ALBERT JAMES VANHORNPrivate First Class · May 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.