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PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – February 24, 1968
Service recordPaul Daryll Knowlton, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 10
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
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 10
- KENNETH KEITH HUTTONTechnical Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- GERRIE GEORGE JEFFRIESLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- HOWARD LEMUEL JONES JRLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- PATRICK CHARLES LUCALance Corporal · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE OSUSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 12
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 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.