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LARRY DON KNIPPEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1950 – March 13, 1970
Service recordLarry Don Knippel, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 122
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 122
- STEPHEN BRUCE BOEHNEStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY GOOSENSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- FLOYD BARNEY LOCKHART JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CURTISS ROLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 124
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.