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WILLIE KNOWLES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1944 – December 16, 1967
Service recordWillie Knowles JR, of East Palatka, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1944
- Home of record
- East Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 11
- KENNETH HAROLD CARPENTERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID KERRSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1967
From East Palatka
- JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SRPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- MATTHEW ERNEST GREERCorporal · May 5, 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.