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LYELL FRANCIS KING
Captain · U.S. Army
May 12, 1938 – February 18, 1966
Service recordLyell Francis King, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 47
- CHARLES M HONOUR JRLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1966
- LEO JOSEPH HORANSpecialist Five · February 18, 1966
- ELIZABETH ANN JONESSecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH LANTZSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
From Falls Church
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.