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KENNETH MAX KNUDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1944 – March 16, 1966
Service recordKenneth Max Knudson, of Saco, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Saco, Montana (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 15
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- EDDIE L KNOXCorporal · March 16, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 15
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
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.