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WILLIAM EDWARD KNOX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Knox, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ CO 6 BN 33 ARTY
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 4
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- DALE DEAN KENYONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE KOMERSPrivate · May 24, 1968
- AL RICKEY LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL GOOSSENSLance Corporal · September 24, 2004
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.