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ROY ABNER KNIGHT JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 1, 1931 – May 19, 1967
Service recordRoy Abner Knight JR, of Millsap, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1967, in Laos, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Training Instructor (1355C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 TFS
- Born
- February 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Millsap, Texas (Parker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 45
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- LEO JOHN KELLY IIISecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
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.