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GERALD EUGENE KING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1948 – May 10, 1968
Service recordGerald Eugene King, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 13 RGT 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 13 RGT 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 10
- DAVID LYNN KIRKEBYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- CALVIN RAY LEESergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 4
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COOKLance Corporal · Panel 58E, Line 5
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 6
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRITSCHLance Corporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- BARRY LEE HEMPELPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 8
- RAYMOND THOMAS HEYNELance Corporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT CHARLES LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 11
- WILLIAM DEE MCGONIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 11
- DONALD WAYNE MITCHELLLance Corporal · Panel 58E, Line 11
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.