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RICHARD DUANE KLUG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1946 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Duane Klug, of Glendale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 96
- THOMAS ANTHONY CARTERCaptain · November 14, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER KMETYKLance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- FRANK A MURRIETTAWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 94
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RANDALL DALE SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 98
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · Panel 29E, Line 98
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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 him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.