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LAUNEY E KING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 21, 1938 – February 20, 1968
Service recordLauney E King, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 42
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40E, Line 42
- JIMMIE DOUGLAS JONESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- DENNIS DWAIN KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS LACOSTEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 49
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.