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WILLARD RUSSELL KNIPPERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1930 – September 1, 1967
Service recordWillard Russell Knippers, of Magnolia, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- July 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Magnolia, Arkansas (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 78
- MILO PRESTON JOHNSONCaptain · September 1, 1967
- ROBERT DENNISON JOHNSONLieutenant Commander · September 1, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE KEENANCorporal · September 1, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
From Magnolia
- CHARLES EDWARD WALKERLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS GERALD HAZELWOODSergeant · February 28, 1968
- DAVID WILSONSergeant · June 12, 1968
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.