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MONROE DEE KING
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 5, 1921 – May 8, 1970
Service recordMonroe Dee King, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 132
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 5, 1921
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 132
- CLIFFORD EARL JESSELance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MIGUEL KEITHLance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN LALLYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- JOHN DAVID LONSDALEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
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.