Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....King, Estle Vaughn (Mr.) January 22, 1945
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Lake Odessa Wave - February 8, 1945
          ESTLE V. KING EUROPEAN WAR VICTIM JAN. 22
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   The Rev. and Mrs. Fred King, who live about a mile and a half sourthwest of town,
were notified by telegram 
from the war department Monday that their son T/4 Estle Vaughn King, 28, was killed
in action in 
Lluxembourg, January 22.  He was serving in the medical corps attached to Get.
George E. Patton's Third 
army.
   He graduated from Hastings high school in 1934, then took a year of post graduate
work at Woodland high 
school.  He later attended the Michigan State college short term course, 1937-38. 
He was a member of the 
West Lowell U.B. church and had always been active in church work.
   Estle entered service March 24, 1941, and received training at Ft. Custer, then
was given a three months 
special course in mechanics at Ft. Benning, Ga  He went overseas in November, 1942,
and served in Iceland, 
England, Ireland, France and Germany serving in the same outfit all the way
through.
   Surviving are the parents, a brother Theron at home, and hs fiancee, Miss Vendela
Johnson at Battle Creek.

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