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ROBERT HENRY KING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1944 – January 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry King, of Tuscumbia, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 33
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 117 AVN CO 222 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Tuscumbia, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 33
- ARTHUR JOHN KLABUNDE JRCorporal · January 25, 1968
- HARVEY EDWARD KLINE IISpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORDCorporal · January 25, 1968
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
From Tuscumbia
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 3, 1966
- RICHARD S JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1967
- DANNY WAYNE PACEPrivate · July 29, 1967
- DORIS WAYNE CLARKSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- STEVIE TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- ALLEN LOUIS JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 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.