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CHARLES MICHAEL KING JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – March 16, 1967
Service recordCharles Michael King JR, of Sylmar, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 92
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Sylmar, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 92
- RONALD JOSEPH IMPERIALELance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- LLOYD NELSON KURTZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 91
- CLARANCE ALLEN MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 95
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 97
From Sylmar
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SRStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1975
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.