Military Involvement
Servicemen - K surnames | KIA | POW | Died/nonbattle |
Kinkennon, Richard L. |
Orville William King was born Aug. 30, 1915 to William A. and Dorothy Louise Withall King. He died Oct. 24, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer King served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and became a Japanese POW. He died in the sinking of the Japanese ship Arisan Maru which was carrying prisoners of war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Jul 2019