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Corp Gerald Eugene “Jerry” King

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Corp Gerald Eugene “Jerry” King Veteran

Birth
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Death
10 May 1968 (aged 20)
Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Cpl. Gerald R. King of Knoxville, TN. was killed in action at Ngok Tavak, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. He was one of the 200 brave men who fought a 10-hour battle on the hill at an abandoned French fort in the face of a North Vietnamese division of 8,000.

Thirty seven years after the Vietnam War, his remains along with 12 others were repatriated and identified. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 7 October 2005.

Gerald Eugene King
Corporal
D BTRY, 2ND BN, 13TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
06 February 1948 - 10 May 1968
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Cpl. Gerald R. King of Knoxville, TN. was killed in action at Ngok Tavak, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. He was one of the 200 brave men who fought a 10-hour battle on the hill at an abandoned French fort in the face of a North Vietnamese division of 8,000.

Thirty seven years after the Vietnam War, his remains along with 12 others were repatriated and identified. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 7 October 2005.

Gerald Eugene King
Corporal
D BTRY, 2ND BN, 13TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
06 February 1948 - 10 May 1968
Knoxville, Tennessee
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