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KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1944 – August 25, 1968
Service recordKlaus Dieter Scholz, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 25, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 25, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 37W, Line 14
- RAYMOND CLARK STACKSCaptain · July 8, 1968
- DONALD DAVID PANNOSergeant · November 30, 1968
- LEE VICTOR PORDEN JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN STRASZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- MICHAEL BANION DOOLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- PAUL ROY SEVERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 22
- FORESTAL ALONZO STEVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 23
- JOHN CLARENCE STROMESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.