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THOMAS ALLISON KNOPIK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – November 18, 1970
Service recordThomas Allison Knopik, of Excelsior, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 68
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Excelsior, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 68
- GARY DUANE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- WILLIAM GROOM LEFTWICH JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1970
- RANDALL PAUL MANELACorporal · November 18, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 68
From Excelsior
- BERNARD ALBERT TESKE IIILance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL KITTLESONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- JEROME ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.