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Personal info

Full name
KING, Douglas Carl
Date of birth
9 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana
Hometown
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35689889
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 26

Immediate family

Members
Ira I. King (father)
Julia A. (Smith) King (mother)
Violet King (sister)
Ira I. King Jr. (brother)
Albert M. King (brother)
William C. King (brother)
Louise D. King (brother)
Harry L. King (brother)
Raymond D. King (brother)
Hazel King (sister)
Albert King (brother)
Dorothy B. King (sister)
Dorsey A. King (brother)

More information

Pfc Douglas C. King enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 7 December 1942.

His brother, Sgt Dorsey A. King, is buried at the American Military Cemetery in Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Peebles Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery