Korean War veteran Corporal Lilly is coming home to Mercer County
By GREG JORDAN
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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.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says a 19-year-old soldier from Seminole who was killed during the Korean War has finally been accounted for.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says a 19-year-old soldier from Seminole who was killed during the Korean War has finally been accounted for.
Army Cpl. Dewey Edwards Rewis Jr. was a member of the 31st Regimental Combat Team of the 7th Infantry Division during the Korean War when his unit came under fire on Dec. 2, 1950, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.