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PAUL GORDON KNIGHTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordPaul Gordon Knighton, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 12
- JERRY DOUGLAS HUDSONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- LARRY GEORGE LUDWIGLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- JAMES ERICH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 11
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- JAMES ERICH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 13
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.