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JOHN RICHARD KNAUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1950 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Knaus, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 125
- KENNETH BRUCE KENDALLSergeant · May 7, 1970
- RICHARD SMITH KENDRICKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1970
- DENNIS DELMAR KIGERStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND LOHENRYCorporal · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALAN CAPASSOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 121
- CHARLES DONALD PLUMB JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 127
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.