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CHARLES LEROY KNEECE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 11, 1945 – December 16, 1968
Service recordCharles Leroy Kneece, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 16, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 30
- GARY WAYNE GROSSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKISergeant First Class · December 16, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
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.