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STEPHEN LOUIS KLEIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – June 30, 1970
Service recordStephen Louis Klein, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 106
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
- STEPHEN KEALOHA RAMOSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH ROGUS JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 103
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 106
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.