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DONALD GENE KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1943 – January 1, 1969
Service recordDonald Gene King, of Lakewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 17
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 17
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- JOSEPH NEMETH JRChief Petty Officer · January 1, 1969
- VICTOR WILLIAM OSNESSSergeant · January 1, 1969
- EDMUND JOSEPH SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.