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CARLOS LARUE KNIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordCarlos Larue Knight, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 1
- HAVART EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN KAPLAFKASergeant · June 12, 1968
- JAMES LOYD LAWRENCE JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
- STANLEY E SPANGLER JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 1969
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.