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ROBERT LEON KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1946 – February 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Leon King, of Madison, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 21
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROGER LYLE NIEMIPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 19
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 21
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 21
- HARMON JULIOUS PIGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
- GERALD RICCICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 22
- EDDIE JAMES SCOTTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 22
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 23
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 23
From Madison
- DARRELL EDWARD DUNLAPPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- ARLEY GEORGE ABRAHAMPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
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.