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DONALD MARTIN KLEMM
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1930 – June 11, 1967
Service recordDonald Martin Klemm, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 389 TFS
- Born
- January 7, 1930
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 89
- THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · June 11, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.