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Personal info

Full name
KING, John Donald
Date of birth
31 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brady, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Gerry, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
32280746
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
743rd Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Steinstrass-Lich, West of Elsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 21 11

Immediate family

Members
William H. King (father)
Minerva B. (Marvin) King (mother)
Agnes I. King (sister)
Harold B. King (brother)
Ethelka R. King (sister)
Elizabeth K. King (sister)
Joseph F. King (brother)
James F. King (brother)

More information

Pfc John D. King enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 13 April 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jamestown Post-Journal – 12 December 1946