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HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordHubert Charles Knight, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 12
- CARL RICHARD HUTTULASpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL ELLIOTT JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH JONESPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.