The Wall › Panel 6W › Maryland › Robert Lee King
ROBERT LEE KING
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 30, 1950 – December 3, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee King, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 105
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Prince Frederick, Maryland (Calvert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 105
- SCOTT LAWRENCE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · December 3, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1970
- RICHARD L BLASKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
From Prince Frederick
- SHERWOOD REYNOLDSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN PARKERSergeant · March 4, 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.