Edward P. King
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 66 years ago |
Date of birth | July 4,1884 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Atlanta |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 31,1958 |
Died | Brunswick |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Battles and wars | World War I |
World War II | |
Awards | Distinguished Service Medal |
World War II Victory Medal | |
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal | |
Education | Command and General Staff College (CGSC) |
University of Georgia | |
Battleswar | World War I |
World War II | |
Place of burial | Cemetery of St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church; Flat Rock, NC |
Rank | Major General |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 755570 |
Edward P. King Life story
Edward Postell King, Jr. was a major general in the United States Army who gained prominence for leading the defense of the Bataan Peninsula in the Battle of Bataan against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in World War II.