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JAMES ISRAEL KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1945 – November 27, 1967
Service recordJames Israel King, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 97
- ROBERT LYNDON GRAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 27, 1967
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- DAVID ALEN LAPEWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.