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FRANCIS EARL KLAIBER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1949 – July 13, 1970
Service recordFrancis Earl Klaiber, of Kane, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Kane, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 15
- SANFORD LEE JOHNSONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM LITTLETONSergeant · July 13, 1970
- JOHN ERNEST MOODY JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM BLOUNTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1970
From Kane
- DANIEL PETER CAPPELLOCorporal · December 6, 1967
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.