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DAVID SAMUEL KLINE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Samuel Kline, of Landisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Landisburg, Pennsylvania (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 100
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · November 20, 1969
- FRANCISCO JIMENEZ-ONEILLMaster Sergeant · November 20, 1969
- HARVEY PAUL KELLEYCaptain · November 20, 1969
- DAVID ATWOOD LERNERSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO JIMENEZ-ONEILLMaster Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 100
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.