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HENRY CLAY KNIGHT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 18, 1943 – October 20, 1968
Service recordHenry Clay Knight, of La Habra, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 20, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 7
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Medium Transport (062D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1943
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 20, 1968
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 7
- MICHAEL KENNETH KLEINSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHLStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- MATTHEW MINOR JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- ALONZA WILLIE PHOENIXPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD DEITSCHChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 40W, Line 6
- CHARLES HOWARD MELDAHLStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 7
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 8
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 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.