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LEE RAY KING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – February 5, 1968
Service recordLee Ray King, of Fairview Park, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 37
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
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairview Park, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 37
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS JARVISSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- JOSEPH BARRY JONESCaptain · February 5, 1968
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY J BLANKENSHIPCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 31
- RAUL CANDELARIAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- JOSEPH EDWARD HEIMANSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 36
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 38
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 40
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 45
From Fairview Park
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK WITTSecond Lieutenant · February 14, 1969
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.