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Personal info

Full name
KING, Carl Edward
Date of birth
7 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35247331
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grandménil, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 61

Immediate family

Members
Morris F. King (father)
Edith M. (Hickel) King (mother)
Gertrude M. King (sister)
Mildred H. King (sister)
Robert L. King (brother)
Richard D. King (brother)
Jean Burger (half-sister)
Francis Burger (half-brother)
Gertrude E. (Whaley) King (wife)
Barbara J. King (daughter)

More information

Pvt Carl E. King attended Ellet High School and worked for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster#1, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal 9 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, James Moore