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THEODORE R KLINGENSMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – January 3, 1969
Service recordTheodore R Klingensmith, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 27
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- CHARLES AARON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT KUNKELLance Corporal · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN EUGENE GANTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- CHARLES AARON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 27
- EDGAR W WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 31
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 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.