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JAMES D KNOWLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – July 7, 1969
Service recordJames D Knowles, of Riviera Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Riviera Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 76
- RAYMOND PAUL KURTIKSergeant · July 7, 1969
- FRANK LEVATOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · July 7, 1969
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 73
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 73
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Riviera Beach
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · February 28, 1966
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1966
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 1969
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.