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BILLY KNIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1935 – October 22, 1968
Service recordBilly Knight, of Climax, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Climax, Georgia (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 21
- JOHN CHARLES KORINEKPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCORKELLance Corporal · October 22, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HERBERT FISHERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 19
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 19
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · Panel 40W, Line 22
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.