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LEROY ALAN KING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – September 27, 1968
Service recordLeroy Alan King, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 30
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 30
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- EDWARD LESTER LAWTONCorporal · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH L MASONPrivate · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALLACE CRAMERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 31
- LARRY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.