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DAVID GLENN KING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – February 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Glenn King, of Tahoe City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Tahoe City, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 66
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · February 20, 1969
- ANDREW LEE MILLSSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- EDDIE VAN OLIVER JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1969
From Tahoe City
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.