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GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1944 – February 12, 1966
Service recordGaylord Natha Klinefelter, of Harbor, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Harbor, Oregon (Curry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 27
- STEPHEN GEOFFREY LORDLance Corporal · February 12, 1966
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- HENRY HERBERT MEASLEY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 26
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 28
From Harbor
- JOHN LESLIE BRANNONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1971
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.