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JON MARC KING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 1, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordJon Marc King, of Hempstead, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 93
- WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1970
- CHARLES LOUIS KOLLENBERGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- LEE ROY EDWARD LINTONStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- SAMMIE JAMES LONGSergeant · November 29, 1970
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 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.