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HANS KLETINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – January 2, 1968
Service recordHans Kletinger, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 19
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS JACOBUSWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD JARVISPetty Officer Third Class · January 2, 1968
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 16
- FURMAN LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 18
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ROBERT L WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.