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GLEN EDWARDS KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1944 – September 10, 1965
Service recordGlen Edwards King, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 80
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
- February 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 80
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- LEO ALLEN BAUERCaptain · September 10, 1965
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- HENRY JAMES ZEICHERTLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.