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JAMES LEONARD KNOBLES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1945 – September 11, 1970
Service recordJames Leonard Knobles, of Stockdale, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockdale, Texas (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 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 7W, Line 56
- ALBERT MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1970
- BARNEY KING NEAL JRLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1970
- DOUGLAS ALAN NIEBOERSeaman · September 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARNEY KING NEAL JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 7W, Line 56
From Stockdale
- WILLIAM BRAXTON JACKSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
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.