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KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordKenneth Joseph Knowles, of Atchison, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 16
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
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 815 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Atchison, Kansas (Atchison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM LANECorporal · May 21, 1968
- DAVID EARL LEMCKESergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
From Atchison
- RICHARD W THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
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.