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CLAUDE ARTHUR KNIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1949 – January 3, 1970
Service recordClaude Arthur Knight, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 122
- ROBERT JOSEPH FATICACorporal · January 3, 1970
- CYE GARYSergeant · January 3, 1970
- RONALD ARTHUR JENNIGESSergeant · January 3, 1970
- STEWART ROBBINS MOODYCaptain · January 3, 1970
- WILBERT WALTONPrivate · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ERNEST EICHELERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 121
- RONALD ARTHUR JENNIGESSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 122
- MATTHEW PETER ROCHE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 123
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.