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LAWRENCE CHARLE KLEINHANS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordLawrence Charle Kleinhans, of Honeoye Falls, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Honeoye Falls, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 48
- BENNY JOE HICKSCorporal · October 11, 1968
- GARY DOUGLAS KEMSKICorporal · October 11, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINCaptain · October 11, 1968
From Honeoye Falls
- LYNN BACHMANN JRCorporal · November 11, 1966
- THOMAS CLARK CARTWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 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.