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RALPH MAX KNIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – August 30, 1967
Service recordRalph Max Knight, of Attalla, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Attalla, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 69
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- HOWARD S LINDECAMP JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD WARNER JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
From Attalla
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- GLENN EDWARD SANDERSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
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.