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STANLEY STEPHEN KLECZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1946 – May 18, 1967
Service recordStanley Stephen Klecz, of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Wildwood Crest, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 30
- CLIFFORD ALVIN JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALBERT KORONA IIISpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
From Wildwood Crest
- GEORGE WILLIAM COLEMANSecond Lieutenant · March 17, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
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.