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CHESTER WILFORD KNIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – October 24, 1966
Service recordChester Wilford Knight, of Smith Flat, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 8 INF
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Smith Flat, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 102
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE CARL DOBRENZAirman First Class · October 24, 1966
- DENIS WAYNE GALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
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.