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HENRY IRVING KLEIN JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 7, 1939 – December 2, 1966
Service recordHenry Irving Klein JR, of Delmar, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 2, 1966, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Delmar, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 5
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- DONALD HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- MONTE LARUE MOORBERGCaptain · December 2, 1966
From Delmar
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABBOTTMajor · December 17, 1965
- RICHARD ABBOTT KIBBEYColonel · February 6, 1967
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 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.