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CHARLES LEWIS KING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 20, 1940 – June 4, 1969
Service recordCharles Lewis King, of Prosper, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Prosper, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 65
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · June 4, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · June 4, 1969
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.