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DON GLENN KNOWLTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 3, 1940 – October 20, 1965
Service recordDon Glenn Knowlton, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 127
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- November 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 127
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- WESLEY MCDONIALSpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.