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JOSEPH DEWARD KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – May 23, 1967
Service recordJoseph Deward King, of Carrboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Carrboro, North Carolina (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 91
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- TERRANCE WILLIAM NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN PETTISLieutenant (junior grade) · May 23, 1967
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.