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GEORGE ARTHUR KNETSAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1950 – December 19, 1970
Service recordGeorge Arthur Knetsar, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 132
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1970
- DERALD JOE HOODPrivate First Class · December 19, 1970
- AVON NORRIS MALLETTEWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1970
- ANTONIO OLIVAREZ ORTIZLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- AVON NORRIS MALLETTEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 132
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.