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ROBERT LEE KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee King, of Delphos, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Delphos, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 13
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- CARL EMIL JANOWSKY JRSergeant · June 25, 1969
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KRIS BLUMERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 12
- JAMES HILLARY DANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 12
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 13
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 13
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 16
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 16
From Delphos
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM MERSCHMANSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.