Fredric Woodrow Knapp
Lieutenant (junior grade)
VA-164, CVW-16, USS ORISKANY, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Huntington, New York
July 29, 1943 to November 02, 1967
FREDRIC W KNAPP is on the Wall at Panel 29E, Line 11

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9 Jan 2002

Yale Teammates

Remember Woody
Class of 1965

Anthony M. Lavely
AMLavely@aol.com

 
23 Mar 2004

I entered life the same day that you left. I will forever be in debt for the service and sacrifice that you gave your nation.

In Humble Gratitude, from an admirer,
Patrick
creepyguy2180@hotmail.com


 

The Mission

On November 2, 1967, VA-164 pilot LTJG Frederic Knapp launched as the lead of a flight of two aircraft on an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. The wingman reported that during an attack run, the aircraft appeared to have been hit by anti-aircraft fire. The wingman saw Knapp's aircraft impact the ground and did not see the canopy separate from the aircraft. There was no parachute sighted or emergency radio beeper heard. The aircraft crashed about 9 kilometers west-southwest of Cho Giat, near Route 116, in Nghe An Province.

A villager later reported that people from his village had removed the remains of a dead pilot from his aircraft and buried the remains nearby. These remains are believed to be those of Knapp. On October 14, 1982, Vietnamese officials turned over to U.S. authorities a Geneva Convention card belonging to LTJG Knapp. To date, no remains have been repatriated.


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