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EDWARD MATTHEW KLANIECKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordEdward Matthew Klaniecki, of Fanwood, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Fanwood, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 30
- MICHAEL LABIANCAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MARKUNASSergeant · May 9, 1969
- ALVIN MERRICKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALTON REASONS JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Fanwood
- CHARLES STUART BURNS IIICaptain · September 28, 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.