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MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – September 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Allen Knechtges, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 129
- STEPHEN JOHN CHANEYCaptain · September 23, 1969
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · September 23, 1969
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ELWOOD JOHN ROEHLSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · Panel 18W, Line 128
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.