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JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – August 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Kligar III, of Chesaning, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Chesaning, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 5
- THOMAS EDWARD KESSING JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- ROBERT EDMUND KOONCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KOZLOWSKISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL MALCOLMSergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 2
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 3
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 4
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 4
- CHARLES HENRY MEAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 6
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 6
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Chesaning
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · May 22, 1966
- TOMMY J TERRYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
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.