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JAMES ROY KING
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – December 20, 1968
Service recordJames Roy King, of Collinsville, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 52
- ROBERT DUANE KENTCaptain · December 20, 1968
- FLOYD NEWTON MARTINSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- JOHN JAY MICHAELSLance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 49
From Collinsville
- RICHARD EARL MAYSergeant · May 17, 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.