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CHARLES MILFORD KNOWLES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 17, 1944 – April 28, 1970
Service recordCharles Milford Knowles, of Denison, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 64
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Denison, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 64
- JOSEPH COBDEN JESZECKMaster Sergeant · April 28, 1970
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- GILBERTO PADILLAPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- VERNON RAY RILEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1970
From Denison
- WILBUR RALPH BRANNING JRCorporal · September 16, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL STRIDE JRStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- EHRHARD HANS KONRAD POHLSergeant · March 22, 1970
- DANNY LEON ROBINETTESpecialist Four · June 23, 1970
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.