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DON ROBERT KLEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordDon Robert Klein, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 8
- DENNIS VARIS LEESergeant · January 28, 1969
- MERLE JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 5
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 6
- DENNIS VARIS LEESergeant · Panel 33W, Line 8
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 11
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.