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RICHARD J KNICKERBOCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – December 25, 1970
Service recordRichard J Knickerbocker, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 8
- DONALD JOSEPH KNEBELPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESESpecialist Four · December 26, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE DOTSONStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- BILLY RANDY FARRIORPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.