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NATHANIEL KNOWLES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1942 – August 16, 1967
Service recordNathaniel Knowles, of Menlo, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Menlo, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 2
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- TIMOTHY V RHODESSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD PAUL WINTERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 4
From Menlo
- RANDY GRAHAM CAGLECorporal · September 11, 1969
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.