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Sgt Klaus Dieter Scholz
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Sgt Klaus Dieter Scholz Veteran

Birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Death
30 Nov 1968 (aged 24)
Laos
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
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Courts of the Missing
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Klaus Dieter Scholz
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Amarillo, Texas
Date of Birth: January 20, 1944
Date of Death: November 30, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Sergeant First Class Scholz was a member of Command and Control North, 5th Special Forces Group. On November 30, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) to be inserted into Laos for a reconnaissance mission. The aircraft was struck by a 37mm anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burned. His remains were recovered on March 26, 1989 and identified on February 1, 1990. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial

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Klaus Dieter Scholz
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
5th Special Forces Group
Entered the Service From: Amarillo, Texas
Date of Birth: January 20, 1944
Date of Death: November 30, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Sergeant First Class Scholz was a member of Command and Control North, 5th Special Forces Group. On November 30, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) to be inserted into Laos for a reconnaissance mission. The aircraft was struck by a 37mm anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burned. His remains were recovered on March 26, 1989 and identified on February 1, 1990. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial

This memorial is a cenotaph
True Burial

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