James Robert Klimo

Vietnam War
Unit281st Aviation Company
RankSpecialist 6 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMuskegon Michigan
Date of DeathNovember 4 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Specialist, Sixth Class Klimo was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On November 4, 1969, he was the door gunner of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a combat mission in South Vietnam. As the aircraft was returning to its base at Nha Trang from Duc Lap, contact was lost when it was near Duc My Pass. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.