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GLEN LESTER KNOBLOCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1950 – April 30, 1970
Service recordGlen Lester Knoblock, of Lolita, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Lolita, Texas (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 74
- JOHN ROBERT HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · April 30, 1970
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LARRY KURT KAISERStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
- KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHERSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BARRETTCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 73
- DANIEL FLORESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 73
- FRANK MICHAEL VALENTINECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 78
From Lolita
- JAMES ANTHONY MARESHSergeant · September 3, 1971
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.