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EDDIE L KNOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 16, 1941 – March 16, 1966
Service recordEddie L Knox, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 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 15
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 16
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.