Carl E. King
Technical Sergeant • U.S. Army • Serial 32483385
597th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Entered service from New Jersey • Died April 27, 1945
Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot H Row 18 Grave 4, Margraten, Netherlands
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
Technical Sergeant Carl E. King was born in Florida in 1922 to Willy and Winnie King. The Kings had lived in Georgia until sometime after 1918, then migrated north to Delaware Township, NJ (now Cherry Hill), in the mid to late 1920s. Willy King started a painting business, and by 1930 the Kings owned a home at 216 Merchant Street in Delaware Township. Inducted into the Army early in the war, Carl King was assigned to the 597th Ordnance Ammunition Company. He was killed in action on April 27, 1945, and is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.