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HENRY CHESTER KLINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – January 1, 1970
Service recordHenry Chester Klinger, of Saugus, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 114
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Saugus, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 114
- BENJAMIN JOHN J BUCHANANSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY LEE DEMPSEYSecond Lieutenant · January 1, 1970
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROGER KENNETH GREENWAYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 113
- ROGER KENNETH GREENWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 114
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 115
- WILLIAM CARL REDDICKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 115
- JOHN MICHEAL REILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 115
From Saugus
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · November 19, 1965
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BORDERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- GARY ALLEN TURNBULLSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MONTELEONESpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.