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PAUL DAVID MCKNIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – July 31, 1969
Service recordPaul David McKnight, of Fredonia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Fredonia, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 80
- THOMAS LEE FULLERCorporal · July 31, 1969
- RAYMOND HOWARD HARDINStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN HOFFMANCorporal · July 31, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES KARASCorporal · July 31, 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.