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MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1950 – July 7, 1971
Service recordMichael Joseph Knox, of Olney, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Olney, Illinois (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 103
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- PAUL RICHARD WITHROWSpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYSSergeant · July 7, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL PANQUERNESpecialist Four · July 7, 1971
From Olney
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
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.