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MANFORD LLOYD KLEIV
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
August 9, 1924 – October 9, 1964
Service recordManford Lloyd Kleiv, of Whitefish, Montana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- August 9, 1924
- Home of record
- Whitefish, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1964
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 66
- GARY RONALD RIGGINSCaptain · October 7, 1964
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ROBERT JUDE REILLYCaptain · October 11, 1964
- JAMES MALCOLM BECKNERAirman First Class · October 16, 1964
From Whitefish
- DOUGLAS GERALD STREETLance Corporal · February 28, 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.