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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Garland Bryan King JR.

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GARLAND BRYAN KING JR

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army

September 7, 1927 – June 19, 1969

Service record

Garland Bryan King JR, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 90

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 7, 1927
Home of record
Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 19, 1969
Age
41
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 90

From Ft Smith

All 19 names from Ft Smith →

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.