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JAMES DONALD KLUGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordJames Donald Kluge, of Sun Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sun Valley, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 32
- RICHARD EARL MAYSergeant · May 17, 1969
- JOSEPH MCCANTS JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- LOWELL WAYNE MEYERPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- CHARLES MERLIN MOE JRLance Corporal · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 30
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 31
From Sun Valley
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- STEVEN LARRY OSTROFFSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD BROWNCaptain · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES RAMSEYSergeant · February 18, 1968
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.