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DENNIS CLARK KNUTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1945 – July 24, 1966
Service recordDennis Clark Knutson, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 69
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- NORMAN LAVERN KOOSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.