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THOMAS GEORGE KING
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1944 – July 2, 1967
Service recordThomas George King, of Penfield, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 107
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Penfield, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 107
- DAVID BRUCE KLINEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GARY DEAN LYONSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
From Penfield
- ROBERT NELSON FUNKStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- REXFORD JOHN DEWISPELAEREChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 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.