Earl Lloyd King b. 29 Oct 1911 , Gregory Co, South Dakota, USA d. 1 Mar 1945: H600 GenDB

The H600 Project Genealogy DB

1911 - 1945 (33 years)

Personal Information | Notes | All | PDF

Name	Earl Lloyd King
Born	29 Oct 1911	, Gregory Co, South Dakota, USA
Gender	Male
Died	1 Mar 1945
Person ID	I34573	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
Last Modified	3 Sep 2013

Father	Walter King, b. Abt 1869, d. 28 Jun 1957, South Dakota, USA (Age ~ 88 years)
Mother	Jennie Hoar, b. 20 Sep 1886, Whiting, Monona Co, Iowa, USA , d. 5 Oct 1974, South Dakota, USA (Age 88 years)
Married	2 May 1906	, Gregory Co, South Dakota, USA
Family ID	F5196	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Earl Lloyd King
Bonesteel, SD
Gregory County
Oct. 29, 1911-Mar. 1, 1945
Killed in Germany
Earl Lloyd King was born October 29, 1911, in Gregory County, South Dakota. His parents were Jennie (Hoar) and Walter W. King. Earl was born in Dallas and moved to Bonesteel in 1916. He attended Bonesteel Public School and graduated in 1932. His sister Opal remembers, "He was very friendly. He was liked by people. He was always willing to help anyone."
On January 27, 1941 Cpl. King was inducted into the Armed Forces and was assigned to the 14th Cavalry at Camp Funston, Kansas. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, his unit was taken to Arizona to patrol the air base near Tucson. In May 1942, Earl was taken back to Camp Funston where he took a fully mechanized training. He was then transferred to the 14th Tank Battalion of the 9th Army Division and became a turret gunner.
He sailed for England on August 11, 1944, and went into action at Bastogne, France, and near Aachen, Germany, in November. He died there on March 1, 1945.
This came from a letter written by Sgt. Taylor Glick of Burke, SD. Sgt. Glick was with Earl when he died. Sgt. Glick said, "He went out fighting. He was a real man. I knew him ever since he was a kid. Sure hurt me to see him die. I was carrying him to the ambulance when he died in my arms."
This entry was submitted by Lynette Lobien, Michael Wollman, Sonny Escalanti, and Jason Boska, sophomores at Bonesteel-Fairfax High School, Bonesteel, SD, April 19, 2002. Information for this entry was provided by Mrs. Opal King Rieb, Parkston, SD, sister of Earl Lloyd King.