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WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – January 18, 1969
Service recordWayne Howard Knowlton, of Florien, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Florien, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 33
- ALAN DAVID ELAPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
- FERRELL EDWARD MESSERSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GLENN BEAMSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 31
- FERRELL EDWARD MESSERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 33
From Florien
- WILLIAM ROLAND PREWITTLance Corporal · August 1, 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.