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KARL EDWIN KLUTE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 16, 1936 – March 14, 1966
Service recordKarl Edwin Klute, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 14, 1966, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9O TFG SQ
- Born
- July 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 7
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT LARIE HILTONAirman First Class · March 14, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PLEIMANAirman First Class · March 24, 1966
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 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.