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Personal info

Full name
KING, George Edward
Date of birth
6 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hermitage, Hickory County, Missouri
Hometown
Sweet Springs, Saline County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37730000
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 39

Immediate family

Members
John E. King (father)
Margaret L. (Bowen) King (mother)
Elsie R. King (sister)
Goldie V. King (sister)
Marguerite A. King (wife)

More information

Pvt George E. King attended high school for two years and was employed at the International Shoe Company before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 29 December 1943. He arrived in France about 23 September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Index, Missouri 28 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com