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STEVEN ROSS KING
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – February 14, 1967
Service recordSteven Ross King, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 28
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE MARVINLieutenant · February 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 27
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 28
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 28
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 28
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 29
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 29
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 29
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · May 6, 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.