KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZ
Sergeant First Class (See Note below)
United States Army
PERSONAL DATA
 Home: Amarillo, Texas
 DOB: Thursday, 01/20/1944
 Sex: Male
 Race: Caucasian
 Married? Yes
 Religion: Protestant - No Preference
 
MILITARY DATA
 Service: United States Army
 Comp: Regular
 Grade: E7
 Rank: Sergeant First Class (See Note below)
 ID No: 464680981
 MOS: 05B40 - Radio Operator
 LenSvc: Between 9 and 10 years
 Unit: SPECIAL FORCES
 Note: Promoted from Staff Sergeant (E6) to Sergeant First Class (E7) while in MIA status.
 
CASUALTY DATA
 Start Tour: Sunday, 08/25/1968
 Loss Date: Saturday, 11/30/1968
 Change Status: Thursday, 05/12/1977 (MIA to Died while Missing)
 Age at Change: 33
 Remains: Body Recovered (see comment below)
 Location: Laos
 Type: Hostile, Died While Missing
 Reason: Air Loss, Crash - Land - Helicopter - Noncrew
 Last Update: June 1991
 Comment: Then-SSgt Scholz was aboard a SVNAF CH-34 helicopter as part of a Special Forces team being inserted into Laos. The aircraft was hit by AAA fire, crashed, and exploded. Escorting aircraft and follow-up airborne search saw no signs that anyone (7 US Army, 2 SVNAF) aboard the helicopter survived. The crash site was in a denied area just inside Laos, prohibiting a ground search. The American servicemen were declared MIA effective 11/30/68.

In March 1989 the crash site was examined and human remains recovered, but only one person (SGT Richard A. Fitts) could be positively identified.

SFC Scholz' remains, and those of the other men, were interred at Arlington National Cemetary early in 1990.

Additional information is available on the POW-MIA site.

 
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