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MARK ALAN KNOLLMEYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1949 – September 19, 1968
Service recordMark Alan Knollmeyer, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 38
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- DAVID CURTIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS KROLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.