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MARY THERESE KLINKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 3, 1947 – April 4, 1975
Service recordMary Therese Klinker, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. She died on April 4, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. Her name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 122
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Flight Nurse (9761)
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1975
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1975; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 122
- JAMES K HURLEYStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1975
- WILLIAM SHERRILL WILLISLieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1975
- FELIZARDO CUENCA AGUILLONTechnical Sergeant · April 9, 1975
- DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SRStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1975
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
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 her yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.