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JAMES ROGERS KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1950 – September 1, 1970
Service recordJames Rogers King, of Hamtramck, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamtramck, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 31
- BILLY RAY HUNTERSpecialist Five · September 1, 1970
- WILLIAM RUSSELL KERSEY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 1, 1970
- JOHN DAVID LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- DAVID ROGER NOLLWarrant Officer 1 · September 1, 1970
From Hamtramck
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PAUL FRANK RUSZKIEWICZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KUCWAYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MARVIN SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · March 11, 1969
- GERALD MCCORVEYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · October 20, 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.