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LARRY COLEMAN KNIGHT
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1943 – April 9, 1970
Service recordLarry Coleman Knight, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 9, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 114
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 116 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- October 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilburton, Oklahoma (Latimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 116 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 114
- PAUL ALBERT LECRONELance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- JAMES DOYLE MACEStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- JOHN BELK MULLISSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
- LEROY NELSONCorporal · April 9, 1970
- DENNIS ODELL HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 24, 1987
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN LEE BUSHNELLAirman · Panel 12W, Line 111
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 12W, Line 111
- CHARLES BROOKS PFAFFMANNLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 12W, Line 115
From Wilburton
- WILLIAM TONY BROCKPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- CLYDE ELMER CARTER JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
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.