The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Willis Gene King
Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Date of Death
June 11, 1953
Private King was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near "The Box" near Kirin-Gol, North Korea on June 11, 1953 when a mortar shell hit his tent.