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JOHNNIE DAVID KNIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – December 31, 1968
Service recordJohnnie David Knight, of Williamstown, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamstown, Kentucky (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 13
- JON O NACYPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- JAMES JAY BRITTCorporal · December 31, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- MARTIN G SAUBLE JRPrivate · December 31, 1968
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · December 31, 1968
From Williamstown
- EDGAR LEE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.