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EARL WILLIAM KNUTSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1945 – December 25, 1966
Service recordEarl William Knutson JR, of Clinton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Clinton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 79
- ROBERT MICHAEL KLEVENOWSKIFireman · December 25, 1966
- RAYMOND JAMES METTYPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- HERBERT DONALD SURBERPrivate First Class · 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.