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Personal info

Full name
KING, Dorsey Allen
Date of birth
8 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Port Fulton, Clark County, Indiana
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35480817
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
343rd Infantry Regiment,
86th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Plettenberg - Herscheid - Lüdenscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Ira I. King (father)
Julia A. (Smith) King (mother)
Violet King (sister)
Ira I. King (brother)
Albert King (brother)
William King (brother)
Louise E. King (sister)
Raymond D. King (brother)
Hazel King (sister)
Dorothy B. King (sister)
Douglas C. King (brother)

More information

Sgt Dorsey A. King enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 4 June 1942.

His brother, Pfc Douglas C. King, was killed on March 6, 1945 and is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees / Birth Certificate, www.findagrave.com - Dorsey A. King, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Hendrikx, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet