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RAY EDWARD KNOLL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordRay Edward Knoll, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 38
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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
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 38
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- RUBEN LOPEZ-MERCEDSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- DAVID LEE MILLSSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL THOMAS CAHILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 35
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.