Captain Karl Edwin Klute entered the U.S. Air Force from Indiana and served with the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On March 14, 1966, he piloted a single-seat F-100D Super Sabre (tail number 55-3793) on a combat mission over South Vietnam. While making a strafing pass against enemy targets near Soc Trang, his aircraft crashed and exploded in the vicinity of GC XR 200 600. He was not observed to eject from his aircraft before it hit the ground. Enemy forces in the area precluded search efforts, and Capt Klute remains unaccounted-for. Today, Captain Klute is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit.

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