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Personal info

Full name
KING, Francis Gerald
Date of birth
15 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32739123
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Moselkern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 33

Immediate family

Members
Earl D. King (father)
Rosa C. (Young) King (mother)
Lester W. Goodchild (stepfather)
Lester G. Goodchild (half brother)

More information

Pvt Francis G. King attended Blasdell High School and was employed at Acheson Carbide.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 20 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Buffalo News - 4 April 1945