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ALBERT S KNIGHT III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1944 – June 22, 1965
Service recordAlbert S Knight III, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 16
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 16
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- FRANK LESLIE ADAMSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.