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THOMAS DONALD KLOSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1951 – July 12, 1970
Service recordThomas Donald Kloss, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 12
- KENNETH WILLIAM HINDSSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- EDDIE D MAPESSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- PHILLIP ALBERT MILES JRSpecialist Five · July 12, 1970
- JESUS CARLOS NUNEZPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FLOYD QUINNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 13
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.