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LONNIE RALPH KING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1944 – March 1, 1966
Service recordLonnie Ralph King, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 93
- LEONARD JOSEPH BOCEKPrivate · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.