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VERNON G KNUTSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1950 – February 16, 1969
Service recordVernon G Knutson, of Middle River, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Middle River, Minnesota (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 44
- ERIC ANDERSON FISHERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- CRAIG MANSFIELD HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- LONNIE DOUGLAS LOYD JRCorporal · February 16, 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.