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MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – March 29, 1967
Service recordMichael Perry Knight, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 68
- STEVEN SAM CHOY CHINGSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- JAMES ELMORE HARRELLLance Corporal · March 29, 1967
- JIM EDWARD OESTRIECHSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- DENNIS RAY PUCKETTSeaman · March 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 66
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 1970
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.