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ROBERT LOUIS KNIGHT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – April 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Knight JR, of Bennington, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Bennington, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 56
- DALE HARRY HAVERFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- BRUCE DALE HENDERSONLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- RICHARD ELLIOT HUFFPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 55
- STEPHEN MIX LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
- PETER EDWARD REECESpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 58
- ROBERT HALL SMARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 59
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.