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DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – March 30, 1966
Service recordDavid Marshall Knight, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 66
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 66
- ELMER JACK TAYLORSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 68
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.