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GEORGE L KLEIBER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1944 – September 4, 1969
Service recordGeorge L Kleiber JR, of Danville, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 33
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Danville, Indiana (Hendricks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 33
- WALTER EUGENE HUTCHINSONSergeant · September 4, 1969
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- FELIX DELANO KNUTSONSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAYNE HALE CONNEVEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 31
- KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 31
From Danville
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
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.