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DANNY RAYMOND KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1951 – June 2, 1971
Service recordDanny Raymond King, of Sardinia, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 63
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Sardinia, Ohio (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 63
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- EDWARD ALEC WERMANCaptain · June 1, 1971
- KEVIN PAUL FORCUMSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALAN LAMUSGAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, 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.