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CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHEL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
February 12, 1940 – September 22, 1966
Service recordCharles Allen Knochel, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 22, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 176 USS INTREPID CVS 11
- Born
- February 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10E, Line 132
- WILLIAM JOHN FISHERLance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- JOE THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 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.