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JOSEPH CEPHUS KING JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 28, 1941 – June 1, 1968
Service recordJoseph Cephus King JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 3
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE E JOHNSTON IIICorporal · June 1, 1968
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY KOYLE DARRAHSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 22
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 2
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.