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ROBERT LEWIS KING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1937 – July 11, 1971
Service recordRobert Lewis King, of South Hill, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1937
- Home of record
- South Hill, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 105
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- BRYAN LEE WILKENSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- THOMAS WAYNE BICKFORDSpecialist Five · July 11, 1971
From South Hill
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- WILSON DECOSTA THOMASCorporal · June 15, 1969
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.