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FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPP
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 29, 1943 – November 2, 1967
Service recordFredric Woodrow Knapp, of Huntington, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 2, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 11
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 164 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- July 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 11
- DAVIS ALLEN JONESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- GERALD KROPIDLOWSKILance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT MAYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
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.