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THOMAS RAY KING
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordThomas Ray King, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 11
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 11
- KENNETH HAROLD CARPENTERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID KERRSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1967
- WILLIE KNOWLES JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1967
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 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.