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DENNIS LEE KNOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – April 7, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Knott, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 42
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
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 96
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 42
- EUGENE MELVIN JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JERRY FRANCIS LENTZSergeant · April 7, 1968
- ARMAND PAUL LESAGEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.