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FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – August 10, 1966
Service recordFreddie Lee Kleckley, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 123
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- CHEVO GARCIA LARASpecialist Four · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALLEN HEIKASergeant · Panel 9E, Line 122
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
- MARCUS CLAUDE JONESLance Corporal · August 28, 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.