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KEITH ROBERT KNOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – May 9, 1966
Service recordKeith Robert Knott, of Albany, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 43
- FERNANDO OLIVAS MESQUITAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DICKIE DAVIS TRINKLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- HERBERT NORMAN ADAMSSpecialist Five · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BACOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 41
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 42
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.