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CHARLES RAY KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – April 26, 1970
Service recordCharles Ray King, of Millwood, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Millwood, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 55
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- DAVID JEROME GEISERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 53
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 53
- TONY CLOUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 54
- EUDELL LEO KOTROUSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 55
From Millwood
- JUERGEN AUGUST MAYERSergeant · August 18, 1966
- JERRY BAGLEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1967
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.