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GLEN CHARLES KLEIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – January 4, 1971
Service recordGlen Charles Klein, of Pendleton, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Pendleton, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 25
- JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN DOTENFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1971
- BRIAN ROBERT KOEHNSergeant · January 4, 1971
- BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · January 4, 1971
From Pendleton
- LESLIE ARNOLD BALLSergeant · March 31, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1970
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.