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RONALD WAYNE KNOSKY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1946 – May 14, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Knosky, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 119
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 119
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS JOYCEGunnery Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- ELDON EUGENE LAMBERTLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- ELTON LEBOUEF JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 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.