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JAMES ROY KNIGHT
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJames Roy Knight, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 22
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · December 2, 1968
- WALTER DAVID FREEMANLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM GILBERT KEELERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- RAYMOND W TYMESON JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 21
- JONATHAN BROWNCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 21
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 25
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 25
- FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCESpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 26
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.