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ROBERT CARL KING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Carl King, of Alcolu, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 65
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Alcolu, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 65
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ARNOLD WILLIAM LAMP JRCaptain · April 12, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES LEONARDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 61
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 66
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 66
- MILES D TOUCHBERRY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 68
From Alcolu
- RAYMOND SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
- KENNETH FRIERSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
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.