***I would like to thank Chuck Metcalfe Find A Grave ID 47281097 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Craig Robertson Find A Grave ID 50546312 for updating the rank and middle name information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank L Beacon Find A Grave ID 46921308 for adding their photo to this memorial in addition to adding the bio information below***
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE, WWII
4th Company - 1st Regiment, Tec 4
Reynold J King was born in Enfield, NY the son of of Olen Alexander and Jennie King, he was a young man when his mother died sometime before 1940.
He enlisted for military service on 20 January 1942 at Fort Niagara, Youngstown and went through basic training at Fort Bragg. Shortly afterwards, he joined the First Special Service Force, being part of 4th Company, 1st Regiment, training at Fort William Henry Harrison, home of the First Special Service Force. After rigorous and specialized training at various locations Reynold King was sent to the Aleutian Islands to later be deployed to Italy at the end of October 1943 via North Africa.
It is in Italy where Reynold, along with other members of the First Special Service Force, encountered fierce action against the enemy on various battlefronts including Monte la Difensa, Monte Maggiori and Anzio. On June 4, 1944 the First Special Service Force entered and liberated Rome.
From Italy the First Special Service Force would then go to southern France, it is on 15 August 1944 near Fort de l'Eminence, Ile de Port Cros, where Reynold King would be Killed in Action.
The remains of Reynold King were returned to the United States and he was reinterred at Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York on 20 October 1948.
In September 1958, the Army Reserve Center at Elmira, New York was named in his honor and memory. Maj. Gen. James C Mott commanding general of the 98th Infantry Division who was present at the dedication ceremony told how Sgt. King led a machine gun squad covering the withdrawl of the company, then himself covered the squad's withdrawl until a sniper's bullet killed him. Sgt. Reynold King's family was in attendance at the dedication ceremony.
Reynold King received the Purple Heart, Silver Star for valor and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
(Bio by LBeacon)
***I would like to thank Craig Robertson Find A Grave ID 50546312 for updating the rank and middle name information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank L Beacon Find A Grave ID 46921308 for adding their photo to this memorial in addition to adding the bio information below***
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE, WWII
4th Company - 1st Regiment, Tec 4
Reynold J King was born in Enfield, NY the son of of Olen Alexander and Jennie King, he was a young man when his mother died sometime before 1940.
He enlisted for military service on 20 January 1942 at Fort Niagara, Youngstown and went through basic training at Fort Bragg. Shortly afterwards, he joined the First Special Service Force, being part of 4th Company, 1st Regiment, training at Fort William Henry Harrison, home of the First Special Service Force. After rigorous and specialized training at various locations Reynold King was sent to the Aleutian Islands to later be deployed to Italy at the end of October 1943 via North Africa.
It is in Italy where Reynold, along with other members of the First Special Service Force, encountered fierce action against the enemy on various battlefronts including Monte la Difensa, Monte Maggiori and Anzio. On June 4, 1944 the First Special Service Force entered and liberated Rome.
From Italy the First Special Service Force would then go to southern France, it is on 15 August 1944 near Fort de l'Eminence, Ile de Port Cros, where Reynold King would be Killed in Action.
The remains of Reynold King were returned to the United States and he was reinterred at Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York on 20 October 1948.
In September 1958, the Army Reserve Center at Elmira, New York was named in his honor and memory. Maj. Gen. James C Mott commanding general of the 98th Infantry Division who was present at the dedication ceremony told how Sgt. King led a machine gun squad covering the withdrawl of the company, then himself covered the squad's withdrawl until a sniper's bullet killed him. Sgt. Reynold King's family was in attendance at the dedication ceremony.
Reynold King received the Purple Heart, Silver Star for valor and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
(Bio by LBeacon)
***I would like to thank Chuck Metcalfe Find A Grave ID 47281097 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Craig Robertson Find A Grave ID 50546312 for updating the rank and middle name information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank L Beacon Find A Grave ID 46921308 for adding their photo to this memorial in addition to adding the bio information below***
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE, WWII
4th Company - 1st Regiment, Tec 4
Reynold J King was born in Enfield, NY the son of of Olen Alexander and Jennie King, he was a young man when his mother died sometime before 1940.
He enlisted for military service on 20 January 1942 at Fort Niagara, Youngstown and went through basic training at Fort Bragg. Shortly afterwards, he joined the First Special Service Force, being part of 4th Company, 1st Regiment, training at Fort William Henry Harrison, home of the First Special Service Force. After rigorous and specialized training at various locations Reynold King was sent to the Aleutian Islands to later be deployed to Italy at the end of October 1943 via North Africa.
It is in Italy where Reynold, along with other members of the First Special Service Force, encountered fierce action against the enemy on various battlefronts including Monte la Difensa, Monte Maggiori and Anzio. On June 4, 1944 the First Special Service Force entered and liberated Rome.
From Italy the First Special Service Force would then go to southern France, it is on 15 August 1944 near Fort de l'Eminence, Ile de Port Cros, where Reynold King would be Killed in Action.
The remains of Reynold King were returned to the United States and he was reinterred at Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York on 20 October 1948.
In September 1958, the Army Reserve Center at Elmira, New York was named in his honor and memory. Maj. Gen. James C Mott commanding general of the 98th Infantry Division who was present at the dedication ceremony told how Sgt. King led a machine gun squad covering the withdrawl of the company, then himself covered the squad's withdrawl until a sniper's bullet killed him. Sgt. Reynold King's family was in attendance at the dedication ceremony.
Reynold King received the Purple Heart, Silver Star for valor and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
(Bio by LBeacon)
***I would like to thank Craig Robertson Find A Grave ID 50546312 for updating the rank and middle name information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank L Beacon Find A Grave ID 46921308 for adding their photo to this memorial in addition to adding the bio information below***
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE, WWII
4th Company - 1st Regiment, Tec 4
Reynold J King was born in Enfield, NY the son of of Olen Alexander and Jennie King, he was a young man when his mother died sometime before 1940.
He enlisted for military service on 20 January 1942 at Fort Niagara, Youngstown and went through basic training at Fort Bragg. Shortly afterwards, he joined the First Special Service Force, being part of 4th Company, 1st Regiment, training at Fort William Henry Harrison, home of the First Special Service Force. After rigorous and specialized training at various locations Reynold King was sent to the Aleutian Islands to later be deployed to Italy at the end of October 1943 via North Africa.
It is in Italy where Reynold, along with other members of the First Special Service Force, encountered fierce action against the enemy on various battlefronts including Monte la Difensa, Monte Maggiori and Anzio. On June 4, 1944 the First Special Service Force entered and liberated Rome.
From Italy the First Special Service Force would then go to southern France, it is on 15 August 1944 near Fort de l'Eminence, Ile de Port Cros, where Reynold King would be Killed in Action.
The remains of Reynold King were returned to the United States and he was reinterred at Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York on 20 October 1948.
In September 1958, the Army Reserve Center at Elmira, New York was named in his honor and memory. Maj. Gen. James C Mott commanding general of the 98th Infantry Division who was present at the dedication ceremony told how Sgt. King led a machine gun squad covering the withdrawl of the company, then himself covered the squad's withdrawl until a sniper's bullet killed him. Sgt. Reynold King's family was in attendance at the dedication ceremony.
Reynold King received the Purple Heart, Silver Star for valor and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
(Bio by LBeacon)
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REYNOLD J
KING
NEW YORK
TEC 4
1 SP SV FORCE
WORLD WAR II
FEBRUARY 1 1918
AUGUST 15 1944
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