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KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERL
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1929 – March 18, 1969
Service recordKenneth Joseph Knoeferl, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 69
- DARCY ALLEN HOUCHINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- BARRY JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- RAY RAMSEY JOWERSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- BARRY DANIEL MURPHYSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 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.