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FRANCIS J R KING
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1950 – March 26, 1969
Service recordFrancis J R King, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 48
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GUY FREDERICK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE LEPARDColonel · March 26, 1969
- J B L LEVESQUEColonel · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE EARL HOLLEMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 52
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.