King E. Bailey was born on 31 August 1916.  He was the son of Fred and Elise Bailey, and they lived in Claysburg, Pennsylvania.  King came from a large family:  he had two brothers and four sisters.  He graduated from Claysburg High School in 1935.  Before the war, he was employed by the General Refractories Plant where he worked as a brick and stone mason and a tile setter.  He enlisted in the Army on 3 March 1942, and shipped overseas in December of 1943.  He was wounded in France on 22 June 1944, but he recovered and returned to duty on 1 September.  On 18 November 1944, King was Killed in Action near Düren, Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

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