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JAMES MORTON KLEIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – March 23, 1970
Service recordJames Morton Klein, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Creve Coeur, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 35
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 36
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Creve Coeur
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PHILIP HENRY REITHER JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 1970
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.