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MICHAEL KAY KNIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – October 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Kay Knight, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 48
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 48
- KENNETH DEAN NORTONLieutenant (junior grade) · October 7, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SHEPPARD JRSpecialist Four · October 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT WALLACECorporal · October 7, 1969
- LOUIS BASIL ALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE JAY HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 47
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.