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PRINCETON, W.Va. – Cpl. Ray “Kirby” Lilly was laid to rest Saturday at Roselawn Memorial Gardens more than 72 years after his death as a prisoner of war in the

PRINCETON, W.Va. – Cpl. Ray “Kirby” Lilly was laid to rest Saturday at Roselawn Memorial Gardens more than 72 years after his death as a prisoner of war in the

By GREG JORDAN

During the Battle of Unsan, Cpl Ray Kirby Lilly’s unit held off the attacking Chinese forces so other units could escape the enemy troops that were threatening to overwhelm them. His unit was overrun and cut off, but they kept fighting until they ran out of ammunition and were forced to surrender.

PRINCETON – According to a handwritten note in a Bible, Corporal Ray Kirby Lilly, known to his family as Kirby, was in a North Korean prisoner of war camp when

PRINCETON — According to a handwritten note in a Bible, Corporal Ray Kirby Lilly, known to his family as Kirby, was in a North Korean prisoner of war camp when

For more than 70 years, Lilly’s family did not know where his remains were located, but they learned recently that he will be coming home to his final rest in Mercer County, W.Va.