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Personal info

Full name
KING, Albert Powhatan Jr "Bill"
Date of birth
30 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brookland, Greenwood County, South Carolina
Hometown
Greenwood County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-414365
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 56

Immediate family

Members
Albert P. King Sr. (father)
Nancy M. (Culbreath) King (mother)
Ida S. King (sister)
Julia P. King (sister)
Juanita J. King (sister)
Myriam H. King (sister)
Katherine King (sister)
William H. King (brother)
Bessie (Davis) King (wife)
Nancy H. King (daughter)

More information

Capt Albert P. King Jr. was a graduate of Clemson College before he enlisted.

He is remembered at the Matthews-King Family Cemetery in Epworth, Greenwood County, South Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Suzanne A. Lengel (niece) / Nancy King Maxwell (daughter), www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Moi Tree / 1930 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Jim Ravencraft / Suzanne TF / Robin Pellicci
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jim Ravencraft, www.ancestry.com - Sandra