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KLAUS YRURGEN BINGHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1943 – May 10, 1971
Service recordKlaus Yrurgen Bingham, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1971
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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 3W, Line 28
- HERBERT D GOTT IIISpecialist Four · May 9, 1971
- HENRY RONALD MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1971
- JOHN JAMES WOODRUMCaptain · May 9, 1971
- DAVID DANA CAMPBELLSergeant · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 29
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
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.