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RUSSELL LEO KLEIN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 26, 1938 – April 4, 1970
Service recordRussell Leo Klein, of Marengo, Iowa, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 4, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Marengo, Iowa (Iowa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 93
- JAMES ANTHONY GRAYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- LEONARD ERIC NYBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1970
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY GRAYCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 93
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.