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MACK ARTHUR KNIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – September 5, 1966
Service recordMack Arthur Knight, of Lowndesboro, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Lowndesboro, Alabama (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 71
- MANUEL LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 71
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.