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ROBERT LARRY KING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1939 – April 25, 1969
Service recordRobert Larry King, of Ravenna, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 47
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Ravenna, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 47
- GEORGE R KIDDCaptain · April 25, 1969
- DAVID LEE KITCHENLance Corporal · April 25, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LACEYSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- RODGER PAUL LANTERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WELDON SADLERCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 50
From Ravenna
- GARY LEE FARLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PACIOREKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WYMERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURKPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.