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ROBERT LEE KNISELY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1945 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Knisely JR, of Grafton, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Grafton, West Virginia (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 56
- ALFRED IVRY BROOKSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY HUNTCorporal · October 1, 1968
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · October 1, 1968
- HENRY JONES JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
- CURTIS JOHN KRAUHSLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
From Grafton
- LARRY KEITH LEACHPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS KLUGFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 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.