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RONALD REED KING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1942 – September 21, 1967
Service recordRonald Reed King, of Burbank, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 104
- ALBERT ARTHUR KEDROSKI JRCorporal · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES KILDAREPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE LALANDLieutenant Colonel · September 21, 1967
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.