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LESLIE GENE KING
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
December 16, 1926 – August 1, 1965
Service recordLeslie Gene King, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 47
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 16, 1926
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 47
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- RANDALL EUGENE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 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.