Name:
John Wayne Knighton
Rank:
Sergeant Major
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Unit:
8th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1978-06-27
State:
Alabama
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John Wayne Knighton was born on February 9, 1934 in Anniston, Alabama. Sergeant Major Knighton was one of nine killed when their Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed on the edge of a field near Unteraltertheim while flying from the unit's barracks at Baumholder to the Army training grounds at Grafenwöhr. His current burial place is unknown.
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