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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harvey Edward Kline II.

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HARVEY EDWARD KLINE II

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 19, 1946 – January 25, 1968

Service record

Harvey Edward Kline II, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 35E · Line 33

Position of Panel 35E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
ENGINEERING CMD
Born
September 19, 1946
Home of record
San Diego, California (San Diego County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 25, 1968
Age
21
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 35E, Line 33

Same unit, same day

From San Diego

All 181 names from San Diego →

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.