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JERRY CRAIG KLUTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1949 – June 15, 1969
Service recordJerry Craig Klute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 53
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 53
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DAVID MITCHELL KAUFMANFirst Sergeant · June 15, 1969
- LARRY D LEMASTERSergeant · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KISH LEMONT GREENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 52
- LARRY D LEMASTERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 53
- PETER PAUL RUBIOCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 55
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.