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JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 21, 1949 – September 11, 1970
Service recordJames William Knight, of Rockwood, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 55
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 55
- DENNIS JOHN BULLOCKSeaman · September 11, 1970
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · September 11, 1970
- GORDON MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1970
- LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARL ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 54
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 55
- LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 56
From Rockwood
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 29, 1966
- RALPH RONALD SPRINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- BILLY WALKER MCGHEEPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 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.