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ROBERT EDWARD KNADLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1945 – October 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Edward Knadle, of Camp Springs, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 35 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Camp Springs, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 81
- DAVID LITTLEHALE FARLEYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1967
- GREEN LEE HARTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- JIMMY ROSS HOHSTADTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
From Camp Springs
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 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.