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RICHARD KNAPP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1946 – June 7, 1967
Service recordRichard Knapp, of Port Lavaca, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Lavaca, Texas (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 71
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL VERCRUYSSEHospitalman · June 7, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- FLETCHER DANNY WHIPSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
From Port Lavaca
- JIMMY MICHAEL TROLLINGERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JESSIE CHARLES ALBASergeant · May 25, 1968
- ROBERT MASEDAPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
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.