Sterling Lloyd King
Military
Aerial Gunner
340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF
KIA 14 January 1944
Object Number - UPL 54906 - SSGT Sterling King Aerial Gunner 340th BG - 486th BS - 12th AF KIA 14 January 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hollis, Oklahoma | 10 August 1913 | |
| Earlsboro, Oklahoma | 16 October 1940 | Worked for Barnsdale Oil Company | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sill, Oklahoma | 27 October 1941 | |
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Died |
Pontecorvo, Italy | Mission: January 14, 1944 – Target Pontecorvo Bridge Names of Casualties: 2 nd Lt. R. D. Clem, Pilot; 2nd Lt. W. R. Ganz, Co-pilot; 2nd Lt. E. G. Spray, Bombardier; S/Sgt H. G. Nelson, Radio operator; S/Sgt S. L. King, Gunner; S/Sgt. W.H. Nelson, Tail Gunner. S-2 report: “Ship 6-H was seen to go down over target. Ship was burning and one wing was seen to come off.” Present classification: All the above men are Missing in Action | |
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Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | No Known Grave Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy Though the POW/MIA Accounting Agency lists his remains as "recoverable" he remains MIA. |
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Sources
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/king%3Dsterling-0
http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/486th_History/transcripts/5_Hist_…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56310878/sterling-lloyd-king
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6281:62206?tid=&pid=&…
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