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ROBERT LOUIS KING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1949 – July 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Louis King, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 122
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 122
- GEORGE LISHCHYNSKYSergeant First Class · July 5, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY PEDDLECorporal · July 5, 1970
- DONALD HAROLD PRATERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM SCOGGINSCorporal · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN GRAHAM SCOGGINSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 122
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 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.