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DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLES
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 29, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Duwayne Knowles, of Eatonville, Washington, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 27, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Eatonville, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 20
- THOMAS LEE HOOVERFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- MARC STEVEN JAMESSeaman · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 27E, Line 18
- MARC STEVEN JAMESSeaman · Panel 27E, Line 20
From Eatonville
- LAWRENCE GENE BANGSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1970
- RONALD GAY CURTISSergeant · February 22, 1971
- PAUL DENIS KREGERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1972
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.