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MICHAEL LEE KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1945 – May 21, 1966
Service recordMichael Lee King, of Belle Center, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Belle Center, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 96
- BRUCE FRANKLIN GRIFFINPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MARSHAL JUNIOR ONEALCorporal · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 92
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 93
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
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.