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HAROLD EUGENE KNUDSEN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 30, 1941 – September 14, 1966
Service recordHarold Eugene Knudsen JR, of Paradise, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 14, 1966, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Paradise, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 95
- FELIX HERNANDEZCorporal · September 14, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RICHARD ROBERT MILESPrivate · September 14, 1966
- CLARENCE W STODDARD JRCommander · September 14, 1966
From Paradise
- LIAM SOUEPH CASEYPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT GENE ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 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.