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ALVIN COY KNIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordAlvin Coy Knight, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- CARL KOLLMEYERLieutenant · May 5, 1968
From Elizabethtown
- JERRY DEAN OLDSAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JRSergeant · July 9, 1969
- ROBERT SAMPSON GEERSergeant First Class · November 30, 1970
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.