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WALTER GRANT KNIGHT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 25, 1943 – December 4, 1966
Service recordWalter Grant Knight, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 527 PERSON CO
- Born
- August 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 9
- LELAND RAY MORGANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD YASENOSKYStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL BEVICH JRAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
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.