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THOMAS EDWIN MCKNIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – May 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Edwin McKnight, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 7
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLAIN JRCorporal · May 20, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CORNEALUS PUMPHREY JRStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.