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WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1950 – April 7, 1970
Service recordWilliam Walter Kleffman, of Portsmouth, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Iowa (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSONSergeant · January 27, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · April 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH FRINKSergeant · April 7, 1970
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- MICHAEL PAULSENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 104
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.