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GEORGE PETER KLAUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Peter Klaus, of Posen, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Posen, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 1
- JOHN ROBERT HINSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- LELAND WAYNE HYSLOPCorporal · August 16, 1967
- JOHN HUBERT JONESSergeant · August 16, 1967
From Posen
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID ALBERTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- RONALD JAMES JANOUSEKFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 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.