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ROBERT SHELTON KING JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1950 – October 9, 1969
Service recordRobert Shelton King JR, of Como, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Como, Mississippi (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 57
- EDUARDO J JIMENEZ-LORENZOSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JRSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
From Como
- WILLIAM JEWEL DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 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.