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WAYNE WOOD KNUPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – June 30, 1968
Service recordWayne Wood Knupp, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mason (51D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 62 ENG BN
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 24
- DONALD HICKSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- FRANK WARREN JONESWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM GERARD KANE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 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.