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LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHT
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 23, 1945 – June 1, 1967
Service recordLarry William Knight, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 28
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 28
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- ROBERT SCHRACK MATERNSergeant · June 1, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.