James King Killed in Fighting in Korea. Private King, previously reported missing in action
July 22, 1950, is now known to have been killed in action on the same date, according to a telegram from the army's adjutant general received by a sister, Mrs. Berhard Fraser of Custerdale, Manitowoc.
A member of the regular army for nearly six years, Private King enlisted in 1945 and was sent to Germany with the occupation forces where he served with the military police for two years.
After returning to Valders to attend his mother's funeral in February, 1949, he was stationed in South Carolina. He joined the occupation forces in Otsee, Japan, in June, 1950, and served there until the outbreak of war in Korea.
Private King is survived by his wife, the former Lilly Peters of Oneida, Wis.; two sisters, (private); and five brothers, (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 5, 1951 p.1
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Funeral services for Cpl. James E. King Jr. (above) of Valders, who was killed in
action on the Korean front, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Berge Funeral
Home, Valders, and at 2 p.m. at the West Valders Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Norman Berntson will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Corporal King was listed as missing in action on July 22, 1950, at which time he
was awarded the Purple Heart. His body was recovered and returned to Valders
this week. He had been in service about three years.
He was born in Valders in 1927. In February, 1950, he married the former Lily
Peters, who now resides in Bloomington, Conn.
Surviving besides the wife are five brothers: Beaton of Valders, Joseph, Route 5,
Manitowoc, George of Port Washington, Deforest of Green Bay and T/Sgt. Charles
of Ft. Briggs, La., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Stenzel of Valders and Mrs. Bernard
Frazer of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Friday. The
Thompson-Burkhardt Post of the American legion will hold military services
at the cemetery.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 5, 1952 P. 5
July 22, 1950, is now known to have been killed in action on the same date, according to a telegram from the army's adjutant general received by a sister, Mrs. Berhard Fraser of Custerdale, Manitowoc.
A member of the regular army for nearly six years, Private King enlisted in 1945 and was sent to Germany with the occupation forces where he served with the military police for two years.
After returning to Valders to attend his mother's funeral in February, 1949, he was stationed in South Carolina. He joined the occupation forces in Otsee, Japan, in June, 1950, and served there until the outbreak of war in Korea.
Private King is survived by his wife, the former Lilly Peters of Oneida, Wis.; two sisters, (private); and five brothers, (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 5, 1951 p.1
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Funeral services for Cpl. James E. King Jr. (above) of Valders, who was killed in
action on the Korean front, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Berge Funeral
Home, Valders, and at 2 p.m. at the West Valders Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Norman Berntson will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Corporal King was listed as missing in action on July 22, 1950, at which time he
was awarded the Purple Heart. His body was recovered and returned to Valders
this week. He had been in service about three years.
He was born in Valders in 1927. In February, 1950, he married the former Lily
Peters, who now resides in Bloomington, Conn.
Surviving besides the wife are five brothers: Beaton of Valders, Joseph, Route 5,
Manitowoc, George of Port Washington, Deforest of Green Bay and T/Sgt. Charles
of Ft. Briggs, La., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Stenzel of Valders and Mrs. Bernard
Frazer of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Friday. The
Thompson-Burkhardt Post of the American legion will hold military services
at the cemetery.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 5, 1952 P. 5
James King Killed in Fighting in Korea. Private King, previously reported missing in action
July 22, 1950, is now known to have been killed in action on the same date, according to a telegram from the army's adjutant general received by a sister, Mrs. Berhard Fraser of Custerdale, Manitowoc.
A member of the regular army for nearly six years, Private King enlisted in 1945 and was sent to Germany with the occupation forces where he served with the military police for two years.
After returning to Valders to attend his mother's funeral in February, 1949, he was stationed in South Carolina. He joined the occupation forces in Otsee, Japan, in June, 1950, and served there until the outbreak of war in Korea.
Private King is survived by his wife, the former Lilly Peters of Oneida, Wis.; two sisters, (private); and five brothers, (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 5, 1951 p.1
********
Funeral services for Cpl. James E. King Jr. (above) of Valders, who was killed in
action on the Korean front, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Berge Funeral
Home, Valders, and at 2 p.m. at the West Valders Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Norman Berntson will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Corporal King was listed as missing in action on July 22, 1950, at which time he
was awarded the Purple Heart. His body was recovered and returned to Valders
this week. He had been in service about three years.
He was born in Valders in 1927. In February, 1950, he married the former Lily
Peters, who now resides in Bloomington, Conn.
Surviving besides the wife are five brothers: Beaton of Valders, Joseph, Route 5,
Manitowoc, George of Port Washington, Deforest of Green Bay and T/Sgt. Charles
of Ft. Briggs, La., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Stenzel of Valders and Mrs. Bernard
Frazer of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Friday. The
Thompson-Burkhardt Post of the American legion will hold military services
at the cemetery.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 5, 1952 P. 5
July 22, 1950, is now known to have been killed in action on the same date, according to a telegram from the army's adjutant general received by a sister, Mrs. Berhard Fraser of Custerdale, Manitowoc.
A member of the regular army for nearly six years, Private King enlisted in 1945 and was sent to Germany with the occupation forces where he served with the military police for two years.
After returning to Valders to attend his mother's funeral in February, 1949, he was stationed in South Carolina. He joined the occupation forces in Otsee, Japan, in June, 1950, and served there until the outbreak of war in Korea.
Private King is survived by his wife, the former Lilly Peters of Oneida, Wis.; two sisters, (private); and five brothers, (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 5, 1951 p.1
********
Funeral services for Cpl. James E. King Jr. (above) of Valders, who was killed in
action on the Korean front, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Berge Funeral
Home, Valders, and at 2 p.m. at the West Valders Lutheran Church. The Rev.
Norman Berntson will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Corporal King was listed as missing in action on July 22, 1950, at which time he
was awarded the Purple Heart. His body was recovered and returned to Valders
this week. He had been in service about three years.
He was born in Valders in 1927. In February, 1950, he married the former Lily
Peters, who now resides in Bloomington, Conn.
Surviving besides the wife are five brothers: Beaton of Valders, Joseph, Route 5,
Manitowoc, George of Port Washington, Deforest of Green Bay and T/Sgt. Charles
of Ft. Briggs, La., and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Stenzel of Valders and Mrs. Bernard
Frazer of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Friday. The
Thompson-Burkhardt Post of the American legion will hold military services
at the cemetery.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 5, 1952 P. 5
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KING:
James Elroy/Wisconsin/Pvt. 35 Inf. 25 Inf. Div./World War II/Korea PH/Photo
Feb. 24, 1927/July 22, 1950/Metal vet marker flag holder
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