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ROBERT EARL KING
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – July 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Earl King, of Clinton, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Clinton, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 89
- THOMAS HENRY GREENSergeant Major · July 9, 1969
- WILLIE CLARENCE HAUGABOOKPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- ANASTACIO JIMENEZLance Corporal · July 9, 1969
- LARRY LUSTERCorporal · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Clinton
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- LEON SHIRLEY MADDENStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1972
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.