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LYLE ARCHIE KLOEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1951 – July 22, 1970
Service recordLyle Archie Kloek, of Little Falls, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Little Falls, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 43
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM KRECKELStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
- THOMAS ARNOLD LONGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1970
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE GLATFELTERSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 42
From Little Falls
- EARL RUSSELL GROVESpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- GERALD LEONARD KALISSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
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.