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ROBERT WAYNE KING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1947 – July 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Wayne King, of Montclair, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 14
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 14
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- SHERRILL VANCE BROWNCaptain · July 10, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
From Montclair
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 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.