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JACK DALE KNEPP
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 11, 1940 – November 29, 1969
Service recordJack Dale Knepp, of Big Bear City, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 5
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Big Bear City, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 5
- KENNETH BRUCE KOHEI KOZAIFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- MELVIN LEDERMANCommander · November 29, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN LEFFLERCorporal · November 29, 1969
- CLARENCE LOGWOODSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 2
- DENNIS DEAN BOGLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 3
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 4
- KENNETH ALAN LUSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 6
From Big Bear City
- DANIEL LEROY STRONGLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
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.