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Personal info

Full name
KING, Paul Beryl
Date of birth
13 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Hometown
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36195489
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Sprimont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 12 5

Immediate family

Members
Neil F. King (father)
Ethel F. (Baker) King (mother)
Devona L. King (sister)
Dale G. King (brother)
Kathryn B. (Dornhaag) King (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul B. King attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 23 March 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Paxton Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery