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DAVID KNOX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1948 – June 8, 1968
Service recordDavid Knox, of Dolton, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Dolton, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 4
- CLARENCE O HENDRICKS IIICorporal · June 8, 1968
- CHARLES JONES JRCorporal · June 8, 1968
- ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
From Dolton
- LARRY CHANDLER WESTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SCHNELLER JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.