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JAMES MICHEAL KING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1950 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJames Micheal King, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 101
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY KRIEGERPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- LYNN ROBBIN KROTZERPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 1969
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.