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ROGER DOUGLAS KNUDTSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1944 – February 4, 1969
Service recordRoger Douglas Knudtson, of Fairfield, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 58
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- June 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairfield, North Dakota (Billings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 58
- JAMES DEAN OPSAHLFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- ANTHONY LOUIS QUINNPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- JUAN RIVERAPrivate · February 4, 1969
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.