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HERBERT WHEELER KLUG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – March 1, 1970
Service recordHerbert Wheeler Klug, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 71
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 71
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE KELLYPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- LARRY DUANE LEITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE LEE BOWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 70
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.