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JAMES KEITH KNUTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – August 15, 1968
Service recordJames Keith Knutson, of Martinez, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinez, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 18
- TERRIN DINSMORE HICKSLieutenant Colonel · August 15, 1968
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · August 15, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- DERRYL LEE MOORESpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 48W, Line 17
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 18
- BYRON CLAIR TUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 20
From Martinez
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · December 28, 1967
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- CRAIG STEVEN PETTITHospitalman · May 31, 1968
- JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINSLieutenant · March 4, 1971
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.