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GEORGE PAUL KLEIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1943 – April 22, 1968
Service recordGeorge Paul Klein, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 31
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 30
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 32
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.