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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Parker McKnight.

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GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHT

Captain · U.S. Air Force

February 22, 1936 – December 11, 1965

Service record

George Parker McKnight, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 11, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 13

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
February 22, 1936
Home of record
Lafayette, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
December 11, 1965
Age
29
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1965; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 13

From Lafayette

All 21 names from Lafayette →

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.