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THOMAS JOHN KLEMP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 6, 1966
Service recordThomas John Klemp, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Reedsburg, Wisconsin (Sauk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 34
- WILLIAM ATTLEE HENDONMajor · November 6, 1966
- NORMAN LEWIS LINGLEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS MACNUTTCorporal · November 6, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 32
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDMUND PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 35
From Reedsburg
- JEROME ALAN SCHUETTPrivate · February 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE PROTHEROPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.