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LARRY JOHN KLUEVER
Captain · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – September 1, 1971
Service recordLarry John Kluever, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1971, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 7
- FREDERIC C SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1971
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · September 1, 1971
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · September 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 7
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 7
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.