Name:
Carl C. King
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
35247331
Unit:
289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-12-25
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Plot:
E
Row:
8
Grave:
61
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Carl E. King was born in 1920 in Ohio. He served in the 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in Action on December 25, 1944, in/near Grandménil, Belgium. Pvt King is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium. His name is commemorated on a plaque in the Manhay History 44 Museum, Manhay, Belgium, but his middle initial is inscribed as C.