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JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – February 8, 1969
Service recordJames Bruce McKnight, of Gerlach, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Gerlach, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 87
- VICTOR REID LANDESFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1969
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- STEVEN HAROLD NIPPCorporal · February 8, 1969
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 83
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 86
- THEUS JOSEPH POUNDCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 88
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
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.