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LARRY EUGENE KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – October 2, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene King, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 62
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
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 62
- JOSEPH LEE HOPKINS JRSpecialist Five · October 2, 1968
- LARRY DON KITTRELLPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
- ARTHUR GLENN MARTINLance Corporal · October 2, 1968
- CURTIS ONEIL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.