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JAMES EDWARD KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1946 – June 18, 1967
Service recordJames Edward King, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 7
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
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 7
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- HAROLD W RADABAUGH IIHospitalman · June 18, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.