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JOHN TERRENCE KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1946 – March 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Terrence King, of Park Forest, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 30
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Park Forest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 30
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- LEROY EDWARD LEONARDCaptain · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE PERRYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
From Park Forest
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
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.