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RAYFORD HENRY KING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1923 – April 3, 1971
Service recordRayford Henry King, of Kingsland, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 14, 1923
- Home of record
- Kingsland, Georgia (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1971
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 103
- GARY BUTTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- ALAN DALE GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · April 3, 1971
- ROBERT JESSE KISERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- KENNETH ARTHUR THOMASONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAY BLACKSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 102
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 104
From Kingsland
- LESTER GARNELL YARBROUGHPrivate First Class · January 31, 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.