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MICHAEL KENNETH KLEIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1946 – October 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Kenneth Klein, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 7
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHLStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- MATTHEW MINOR JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- ALONZA WILLIE PHOENIXPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.