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DAVID LLOYD KNOTT
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 4, 1929 – December 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Lloyd Knott, of Richmond, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 94
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 4, 1929
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 94
- TERRY LEROY JOSLINPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- WALTER HENRY KOSKY JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 26, 1969
- MITCHELL MAGEE JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- GARY ORAL C MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.