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BERNARD RICHARD KNAPIC
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1930 – October 11, 1969
Service recordBernard Richard Knapic, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 11, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 67
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · October 11, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- FRANK W KINKAID JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- MARVIN DEAN LARSONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.