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TOMMY DUANE KNAPP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – April 4, 1968
Service recordTommy Duane Knapp, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 6
- JOHN RICHARD KEMPERCorporal · April 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · April 4, 1968
- FRANKLIN ONEIL LEGGETTCorporal · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · Panel 48E, Line 8
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 10
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 10
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.