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JOHNNY KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – December 12, 1968
Service recordJohnny King, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 11
- HARRY CLINTON DORSETTCorporal · December 12, 1968
- STANLEY CARL FULLERSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD KEHOESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- JOE EARL LADELLSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH QUINNSergeant · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BERNARD KEHOESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 11
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.