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ROBERT DOUGLAS KING
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 22, 1928 – December 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Douglas King, of Marshalltown, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 36
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare/Intercept Equipment Repair Technician (285A)
- Born
- April 22, 1928
- Home of record
- Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 36
- JOHN F LAZAROVICH JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · December 4, 1967
From Marshalltown
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN RUTGERSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · June 5, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.