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MICHAEL PETER KLOTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – July 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Peter Klotz, of Hudson, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Hudson, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL INGERSOLLCorporal · July 2, 1969
- GLEN CAMERON KEENE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR MAHLPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELDON GENE CRUMLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 44
From Hudson
- PAUL DAVID GRASSOPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANKLIN DECKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BROWNLance Corporal · March 29, 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.