Remains of Korean conflict POW buried in W.Va.
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
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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