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JOHN EDWARD KING
Captain · U.S. Army
June 14, 1932 – December 11, 1964
Service recordJohn Edward King, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 76
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1964
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 76
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- LEONARD MASAYON TADIOSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1964
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 76
- LEONARD MASAYON TADIOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 76
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.