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KEVIN PETER KNIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1951 – February 8, 1971
Service recordKevin Peter Knight, of Farmingville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 88
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Firefighter (51M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Farmingville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 88
- KYLE CLINTON HOLFELTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · February 8, 1971
- DALE WALTER MEADPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- LEWIS DONALD MEYER JRCorporal · February 8, 1971
- JOSEPH WAYNE MILEYSergeant · February 8, 1971
From Farmingville
- KEVIN OBRIENMajor · January 9, 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.