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GEORGE FRANK KNOWLTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1940 – November 19, 1967
Service recordGeorge Frank Knowlton, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 28
- RONALD DEAN KINGPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- HARRISON HOYT KLINCKLieutenant Colonel · November 19, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN KROSPrivate · November 19, 1967
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.