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Show Memorial Menlorial Meniorial Services ServicesTo ServicesTo To SundayFor be Held Sunday For Lt . Wm . KingMemorial King KingMemorial Memorial services for First Lt LtWm LtWm LtWm Wm C King , , a pilot on a B-17 B 17 - B-17reported B 17reported - , , reported missing ntlssing rilissing in action over overGerman overGerman overGerman German held territory on June June26 26 1943 the first Uintah Utntah County Countyman Countyman Countyman man to lose his life in World War War2 2 will be conducted Sunday at at3pm 3 p mat m at the Second Ward chap chap- chapel chapei chapel . - - el ei President Archie Johnson JohnsonPrincipal , Principal H M Lundell will be bethe bethe bethe the speakers Musical numbers numbersare numbersare are under the direction of Mary Manwaring MaryManwaring Legion The American Leg ion Witbeck Post No 11 will wlll at attend attend attend tend the services in a bodyMrs body bodyMrs Mrs King was presented with withthe withthe withthe the air medal awarded to Lt LtKing LtKing LtKing King last Feburary for excep excep- - tionally tionaily exceptionally exceptionaily meritorious meritoriou achievement achievementwhile achievementwhile achievementwhile while participating in aerial aerialflight aerialflight aerialflight flight against the enemy In a aletter aletter atetter letter from Col A P Kitson of ofthe ofthe the Ninth Service Command at atFort atFort atFort Fort Douglas informing Mrs MrsKing MrsKing MrsKing King of the award he stated It Ithas Ithas Ithas has inspirationto been a source of inspiration to me to learn of your husband's husbands husband'sexceptionally husband'sexceptionally husband'sexceptionally husbandsexceptionally ' exceptionally meritorious aehle achie aehlevement achievement achievement vement in action which has meri merited men mented merited ted this award His enviable re record record record cord of service to his country countrymust countrymust must t be a source of comfort and you period periodof of anxiety and hopeBeginning hopeBeginning hope hopeBeginning Beginning his military mllitary career careerin careerin careerin in March 1941 with the Vernal VernalNational VernalNational VernalNational National Guard unit he was wasstationed wasstationed wasstationed stationed at San Luis Obispo Obispoand Obispoand Obispoand and National City Calif Cabf and lat lat- tat- tat later tater later - er transferred from the engineers engineersto to the army air corps He Be was wascommissioned wascommissioned wascommissioned commissioned a flight officer at atRoswell atRoaWell atRoswell Roswell RoaWell N M in January Januory Jantany , 1943Hs 1943Hs 1943 1943Hs Hs married Venna Singleton of ofVernal ofVernal ofVernal Vernal in El Paso Texas on Feb Feb- February February February - - ruary 15th 1943 and was wasstationed wasstationed wasstationed stationed at Pueblo Cob Colo prior priorto priorto priorto to theEast his embarkation from the East Coast on April Aprll 9 1943A 1943A 1943 1943A A friend who was also flying flyingon on the fateful mission wrote Bill Billwa Billwat wa was . flying on our right wing the theday theday theday day he went down on a raid over overa , a German U boat base at St StNazaire StNazaire StNazaire Nazaire Two of his engines were wereshot wereshot . shot out and we saw eight para parachutes pam pamchutes parachutes werel chutes bail out Captn Ernest ErnestWatts ErnestWatts Watts who trained tramed with ErnestI Lt LtKing LtKing LtKing I King and went overseas at the thesame thesame thelsame thel same time bme and served on the same unit the day Lt King was waslisted waslisted waslisted listed missing wrote Mrs King KingI I feel certain Bill is a pr1Sioner prisioner priaionerof pr1Sionerof prisionerof of war The day following the theattack theattack theattack attack on St Nazaire Nazalre a com corn communique cornmunique cornmunique munique was received at the thebase thebase thebase base stating 47 men had been beentaken beentaken beentaken taken prisoners by the Germans GermansLt i : Lt King KlOg is survived GermansJ by his hiswidow hiswidow hiswidow J widow a brother Stan R King Kingland Kingand Kingand ' and two sisters Mrs Howard C CLewis CLewis CLewis land Lewis of Vernal and Mrs Wil Willard Willard lard Willlard Ross of Salt Lake Will |