Famous Veterans Celebrating Birthdays Today (October 25th):

Famous Veterans Born October 25, 1944:

James Carville – Campaign Strategist, TV Host: Crossfire – (Marine Corps 1966-1968)

Famous Veterans Born October 25, 1940:

Bob Knight – Famed college basketball coach – (Army/Army Reserve) – Died: November 1st, 2023

Knight enlisted in the United States Army and served on active duty from June 1963 to June 1965 and in the Army Reserve from June 1965 to May 1969. He conducted initial training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and was transferred to West Point, New York in September 1963. He became a private first class.

While in the Army, he accepted an assistant coaching position with the Army Black Knights in 1963, where, two years later, he was named head coach at the relatively young age of 24.

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