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ELI WHITNEY KNIGHTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1950 – July 24, 1969
Service recordEli Whitney Knighton JR, of Minneola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneola, Florida (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 40
- STANLEY JOHN LENTOSergeant · July 24, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY LOONEYLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH MORKACorporal · July 24, 1969
- LEON LOPEZ MORRISSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
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.