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JEFFREY JOHN KLAVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – April 29, 1970
Service recordJeffrey John Klaves, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 68
- RONALD L HAZENPrivate · April 29, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · April 29, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · April 29, 1970
- PAUL JON KOSANKESergeant · April 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 66
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 66
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 66
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CARL EUGENE PATTENCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 71
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 71
From Wauwatosa
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RONALD FREDERICK KITZKELance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFELance Corporal · July 19, 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.