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VERLON DONALD KING JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – August 26, 1969
Service recordVerlon Donald King JR, of Dewey, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Dewey, Oklahoma (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 120
- GUY MARCEL INKELSergeant · August 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
From Dewey
- FLOYD EUGENE CLOSEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- VIRGIL CARLYLE COMBSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
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.