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Personal info

Full name
KING, Edward John Jr
Date of birth
12 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Portland, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
6137322
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
Eupen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 61

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. King (father)
Grace B. (Hartford) King (mother)
Walter A. Clark (stepbrother)
Clarence D. Clark (stepbrother)
Raymond D. King (brother)
Bradley R. King (brother)
Fred King (brother)
John King (brother)
Patrick King (brother)
Michael King (brother)
Charlotte N. (Waite) Clark (stepsister)
Welthea V. (Floyd) Clark (stepsister)
Hazel J. (Lafrance) King (sister)
Marianna King (sister)
Grace E. King (sister)
Judit A. King (sister)
Mary E. King (wife)
Edward J. King III (son)

More information

T/Sgt Edward J. King Jr. left high school in his Junior year to join the Regular Army at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 7 February 1941.

He was reported wounded in action in early February 1945 in the vicinity of Schmidt, Germany. He died from those wounds at the 2nd Evacuation Hospital in Eupen, Belgium.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, The Lewiston Daily Sun 3 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Aimee Fogg, The Lewiston Daily Sun 3-Mar-1945, They speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery