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Submitted: 7/12/21 • Approved: 7/13/21 • Last Updated: 7/16/21 • R436188-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
Korea
Vietnam
March 31, 1942-August 17, 1987
He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam war
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Billy Ray Klem, 45, Clovis, N.M. was killed in a truck accident Monday at Miami, Okla.
He was native of Phoenix, Ariz., and a former resident of Borger.
A truck driver, he was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam war and a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon of the home; two sons, Jonathan of the home, Billy of Livermore, Maine; three daughters, Raylene Klem of Dallas, Veronica O'Donnel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Charlie Klem of West Palm Beach, Fla.; three brothers, Bruce of Borger, Jerry of Washington, D.C., Glen of Borger; two sisters, Helen Clifton of Dumas, Sheri McHenry of Borger; one grandchild.
Services are pending with Minton/Chatwell Funeral Home.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 18, 1987)
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Billy Ray Klem [Billy Klem]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1942
Birth Place: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Death Date: Aug 1987
Father:
Frank Klem
Mother:
Madeline Croford
Notes: Dec 1955: Name listed as BILLY RAY KLEM; 10 Nov 1988: Name listed as BILLY KLEM
Contributed on 7/12/21
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Record #: 436188