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JAY WILLIAM KING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1931 – April 1, 1970
Service recordJay William King, of Newhall, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 69
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Newhall, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 69
- KENNETH RAY HODGESergeant · April 1, 1970
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM PETER KASTENDIECKSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PATTERSONCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 67
- ELDON WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 71
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Newhall
- FRANK ARVIS BEAVERSSpecialist Five · February 14, 1968
- SAMUEL RICHARD JESSEESergeant Major · October 4, 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.