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HARRY CARLTON KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1945 – March 17, 1971
Service recordHarry Carlton King, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 55
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 55
- ROBERT CARRELL GREENCaptain · March 17, 1971
- LAWRENCE EUGENE LILLYFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
- WILLIAM GEORGE NEWBOULDPrivate First Class · March 17, 1971
- STEPHEN RUSSELL SCRIVENERFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · Panel 4W, Line 56
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4W, Line 56
- THOMAS EDWARD TESTORFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 57
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.