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RICHARD NICHOLAS KLOOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – September 11, 1968
Service recordRichard Nicholas Kloos, of Gary, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, South Dakota (Deuel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 26
- PHILLIP LEE INMANPrivate · September 11, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS IVORYLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 27
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 27
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.