Lived 23 years, 5 months, 14 days
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Douglas Hugh Knott
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Dayton, Ohio
February 05, 1943 to July 19, 1966
DOUGLAS H KNOTT is on the Wall at Panel 09E Line 041
"One of the nicest guys I ever met in the Army. Died in my hands on the 19th. RIP Superman."
Posted by: William Lupton
Relationship: His assistant Machine Gunner
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From the Dayton Daily News of July 23, 1966:
"KETTERING YOUTH KILLED FIGHTING VIETNAM REDS"
A Kettering youth has been killed by Viet Cong bullets near Saigon, South Vietnem.
The Defense Department confirmed that Pfc. Douglas H. Knott, 23, of 4117 Maricarr Dr., who had been reported missing in action, died during an exchange of gunfire Tuesday with the enemy.
Knott was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Knott, and is survived by them; a sister, Connie; his grandmother, Mrs. Flossie Schubert, and two aunts and uncles.
The young machinegunner was a 1961 Fairmont West graduate, and attended Ohio University for a year-and-a-half before he was drafted last year. Knott was with a company in the Second Brigade, 25th Infantry division, stationed in Cuchi, about 25 miles north of Saigon. The soldier had been serving in Vietnam since January and had not seen his family for a year.
Mrs. Knott said, "He felt the cause he was fighting for was just, and we felt he was a really good soldier."
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Description of the events of July 19 1966 in Vietnam:
The Boi Loi Woods lay about 25 kilometers northwest of Cu Chi. Like the nearby Ho Bo Woods, the Boi Loi was a long-time sanctuary for VC (and increasingly NVA) forces. When the 25th Infantry Division arrived at Cu Chi in early 1966 a major objective was to reduce the value of these areas to the enemy - and that meant extensive search-and-destroy missions.
On 19 July 1966, Company A, 1st Bn, 27th Infantry was conducting such a mission in the Boi Loi Woods when it was ambushed by a main force VC battalion. Twenty-four Americans died in the bitter fight which followed. They included PFC Douglas Hugh Knott.
Awards Earned by PFC Douglas Hugh Knott:
--- Purple Heart
--- National Defense Service Medal
--- Vietnam Service Medal
--- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KnottDH01a.htm
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Douglas Hugh Knott
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Dayton, Ohio
February 05, 1943 to July 19, 1966
DOUGLAS H KNOTT is on the Wall at Panel 09E Line 041
"One of the nicest guys I ever met in the Army. Died in my hands on the 19th. RIP Superman."
Posted by: William Lupton
Relationship: His assistant Machine Gunner
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From the Dayton Daily News of July 23, 1966:
"KETTERING YOUTH KILLED FIGHTING VIETNAM REDS"
A Kettering youth has been killed by Viet Cong bullets near Saigon, South Vietnem.
The Defense Department confirmed that Pfc. Douglas H. Knott, 23, of 4117 Maricarr Dr., who had been reported missing in action, died during an exchange of gunfire Tuesday with the enemy.
Knott was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Knott, and is survived by them; a sister, Connie; his grandmother, Mrs. Flossie Schubert, and two aunts and uncles.
The young machinegunner was a 1961 Fairmont West graduate, and attended Ohio University for a year-and-a-half before he was drafted last year. Knott was with a company in the Second Brigade, 25th Infantry division, stationed in Cuchi, about 25 miles north of Saigon. The soldier had been serving in Vietnam since January and had not seen his family for a year.
Mrs. Knott said, "He felt the cause he was fighting for was just, and we felt he was a really good soldier."
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Description of the events of July 19 1966 in Vietnam:
The Boi Loi Woods lay about 25 kilometers northwest of Cu Chi. Like the nearby Ho Bo Woods, the Boi Loi was a long-time sanctuary for VC (and increasingly NVA) forces. When the 25th Infantry Division arrived at Cu Chi in early 1966 a major objective was to reduce the value of these areas to the enemy - and that meant extensive search-and-destroy missions.
On 19 July 1966, Company A, 1st Bn, 27th Infantry was conducting such a mission in the Boi Loi Woods when it was ambushed by a main force VC battalion. Twenty-four Americans died in the bitter fight which followed. They included PFC Douglas Hugh Knott.
Awards Earned by PFC Douglas Hugh Knott:
--- Purple Heart
--- National Defense Service Medal
--- Vietnam Service Medal
--- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KnottDH01a.htm
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Lived 23 years, 5 months, 14 days
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Douglas Hugh Knott
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Dayton, Ohio
February 05, 1943 to July 19, 1966
DOUGLAS H KNOTT is on the Wall at Panel 09E Line 041
"One of the nicest guys I ever met in the Army. Died in my hands on the 19th. RIP Superman."
Posted by: William Lupton
Relationship: His assistant Machine Gunner
-- -- --
From the Dayton Daily News of July 23, 1966:
"KETTERING YOUTH KILLED FIGHTING VIETNAM REDS"
A Kettering youth has been killed by Viet Cong bullets near Saigon, South Vietnem.
The Defense Department confirmed that Pfc. Douglas H. Knott, 23, of 4117 Maricarr Dr., who had been reported missing in action, died during an exchange of gunfire Tuesday with the enemy.
Knott was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Knott, and is survived by them; a sister, Connie; his grandmother, Mrs. Flossie Schubert, and two aunts and uncles.
The young machinegunner was a 1961 Fairmont West graduate, and attended Ohio University for a year-and-a-half before he was drafted last year. Knott was with a company in the Second Brigade, 25th Infantry division, stationed in Cuchi, about 25 miles north of Saigon. The soldier had been serving in Vietnam since January and had not seen his family for a year.
Mrs. Knott said, "He felt the cause he was fighting for was just, and we felt he was a really good soldier."
-- -- --
Description of the events of July 19 1966 in Vietnam:
The Boi Loi Woods lay about 25 kilometers northwest of Cu Chi. Like the nearby Ho Bo Woods, the Boi Loi was a long-time sanctuary for VC (and increasingly NVA) forces. When the 25th Infantry Division arrived at Cu Chi in early 1966 a major objective was to reduce the value of these areas to the enemy - and that meant extensive search-and-destroy missions.
On 19 July 1966, Company A, 1st Bn, 27th Infantry was conducting such a mission in the Boi Loi Woods when it was ambushed by a main force VC battalion. Twenty-four Americans died in the bitter fight which followed. They included PFC Douglas Hugh Knott.
Awards Earned by PFC Douglas Hugh Knott:
--- Purple Heart
--- National Defense Service Medal
--- Vietnam Service Medal
--- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KnottDH01a.htm
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Douglas Hugh Knott
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Dayton, Ohio
February 05, 1943 to July 19, 1966
DOUGLAS H KNOTT is on the Wall at Panel 09E Line 041
"One of the nicest guys I ever met in the Army. Died in my hands on the 19th. RIP Superman."
Posted by: William Lupton
Relationship: His assistant Machine Gunner
-- -- --
From the Dayton Daily News of July 23, 1966:
"KETTERING YOUTH KILLED FIGHTING VIETNAM REDS"
A Kettering youth has been killed by Viet Cong bullets near Saigon, South Vietnem.
The Defense Department confirmed that Pfc. Douglas H. Knott, 23, of 4117 Maricarr Dr., who had been reported missing in action, died during an exchange of gunfire Tuesday with the enemy.
Knott was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Knott, and is survived by them; a sister, Connie; his grandmother, Mrs. Flossie Schubert, and two aunts and uncles.
The young machinegunner was a 1961 Fairmont West graduate, and attended Ohio University for a year-and-a-half before he was drafted last year. Knott was with a company in the Second Brigade, 25th Infantry division, stationed in Cuchi, about 25 miles north of Saigon. The soldier had been serving in Vietnam since January and had not seen his family for a year.
Mrs. Knott said, "He felt the cause he was fighting for was just, and we felt he was a really good soldier."
-- -- --
Description of the events of July 19 1966 in Vietnam:
The Boi Loi Woods lay about 25 kilometers northwest of Cu Chi. Like the nearby Ho Bo Woods, the Boi Loi was a long-time sanctuary for VC (and increasingly NVA) forces. When the 25th Infantry Division arrived at Cu Chi in early 1966 a major objective was to reduce the value of these areas to the enemy - and that meant extensive search-and-destroy missions.
On 19 July 1966, Company A, 1st Bn, 27th Infantry was conducting such a mission in the Boi Loi Woods when it was ambushed by a main force VC battalion. Twenty-four Americans died in the bitter fight which followed. They included PFC Douglas Hugh Knott.
Awards Earned by PFC Douglas Hugh Knott:
--- Purple Heart
--- National Defense Service Medal
--- Vietnam Service Medal
--- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KnottDH01a.htm
ON THE WALL Panel 09E Line 041
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