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ELI J B KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1944 – June 22, 1967
Service recordEli J B King, of Earle, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Earle, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 43
- STEPHEN ALLEN KELLYSergeant · June 22, 1967
- KENNETH KAWIKA LIMAStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD LITWINPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1967
From Earle
- ROBERT TAYLOR HARRISPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JOHN WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JAMES LATHONSergeant · May 17, 1972
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.