David Lloyd Knott was born in Cook County, Illinois, son of Ernest Knott and Clara Whitehead. He graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School in Riverside, Illinois in 1947.
Military Data
MOS 1115 Pilot
Length Service 18
Unit 19TH TAC AIR SPT SQDN, 504TH TAC AIR SPT GROUP, 7TH AF
Casualty Data
Start Tour 24 September 1969
Incident Date 26 December 1969
Casualty Date 26 December 1969
Age at Loss 40
Location Binh Long Province, South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Casualty Type Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason Fixed Wing – Pilot
Casualty Detail Air loss or crash over land
Vietnam Wall Panel 15W Line 094
United States Air Force Major. He was killed in action when the aircraft he piloted crashed in Binh Long, South Vietnam.
Major Knott was born in Illinois.
Burial
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot Section 13 Site 16381
- Rank: Major
- Date of birth: 4 July 1929
- Date of death: 26 December 1969
- County: Anderson
- Hometown: Richmond, CA
- Service Branch: Air Force
- Division/Assignment: 7th Air Force
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Top Panel
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