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THOMAS WILLIAM KNUCKEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1945 – May 27, 1971
Service recordThomas William Knuckey, of Wharton, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Wharton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 56
- HARVEY EDWARD HUMPHREYCorporal · May 26, 1971
- PAUL DEAN CARTERCaptain · May 27, 1971
- JERRY FOYWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1971
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 56
From Wharton
- JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMONPetty Officer First Class · November 24, 1967
- PETER FRANSSON RUSSELLLieutenant · May 23, 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.