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JAMES HENRY KING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1932 – October 6, 1965
Service recordJames Henry King, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 110
- JAMES NEWTON HOLBROOKPlatoon Sergeant · October 6, 1965
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.