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IRVIN DALE KNIPPELBERG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1939 – May 19, 1966
Service recordIrvin Dale Knippelberg, of Turtle Lake, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Turtle Lake, North Dakota (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 87
- ANGELO ALBERT LONZOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- GREGORY BERNARD NORTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 85
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 85
- EMMET LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 85
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 86
- GREGORY BERNARD NORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 87
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 88
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 88
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.