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JOHN ROBERT KLOTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – September 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Klotz, of Crescent City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Crescent City, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROGER LEE JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
From Crescent City
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- HOWARD EARL CRAMBLETWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 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.