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ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFIN
Major · U.S. Army
June 22, 1930 – June 1, 1964
Service recordArnold Dean Kniffin, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 53
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- DOYD DEWAYNE ONEALMajor · May 31, 1964
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
From Lawton
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- CLIVE LEROY EVANSCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.