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ROBERT EDWIN KNOLL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Edwin Knoll, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 30
- LEROY ALAN KINGSpecialist Five · September 27, 1968
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH L MASONPrivate · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE BENJAMIN BANEKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 26
- TOMMY RAY BOWMANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DERRIS BROWNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 29
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 32
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 33
- BRADFORD DWAIN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 34
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.