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THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordThomas Patrick Klausing, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 39
- DANIEL WILLIAM KEOPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN LANGCaptain · April 28, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SMYTHE MANCHESTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 40
- DICKIE OWENS NELSONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 41
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 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.