Veteran's Day 2012 --- Salute!

Korean War Casualties, 25th Infantry Division, 27th Infantry Regiment

 KLEIN LOUIS J 
Rank=CPL 
Serial Number=RA37864847 
Branch=Infantry
Military Occupation Specialty=04745 
Year of Birth=27 
Race=Caucasian
State of Residence=MO 
County of Residence=St Louis City
Unit=27th Inf Regt 
Division=25th Div 
Type of Unit=Inf Regt
Place of Casualty=South Korea 
Date of Casualty (yymmdd)=50 09 02
Type of Casualty=DOW
Detail of Casualty=SWA/Seriously wounded in action by missile
Group of Casualty=DOW or DOI (Far East Command)
Evacuation Disposition=

Below is a photo of Louis and his step sister Frances "Schotzie", taken in St. Louis in the late 1940s.

 

Below is the letter Schotz received in response to her inquiry as to the events that led to her brother's death.
 

 

The photo above is of my Uncle Frank, my Dad and my Uncle Bill. It was taken in St. Louis around 1945.

LEE, FRANK D
SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/26/1926
DATE OF DEATH: 11/15/2000
BURIED AT: SECTION 1Q SITE 168
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
2900 SHERIDAN ROAD ST. LOUIS, MO 63125
(314) 845-8320

LEE, ROBERT G
SGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/18/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 10/31/2003
BURIED AT: SECTION J SITE 392
SPRINGFIELD NATIONAL CEMETERY
1702 EAST SEMINOLE STREET SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
(417) 881-9499


LEE, WALDEN CAMPBELL
LTJG US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/15/1921
DATE OF DEATH: 11/23/1959
BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 1147
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
2900 SHERIDAN ROAD ST. LOUIS, MO 63125
(314) 845-8320


These three men, my Dad and his two brothers, served gallantly our country in World War II and the Korean Conflict.

I, and my brothers and sisters, salute their memory and the memory of all those who have worn the uniform of our beloved country.

Soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division transport a wounded comrade to a dustoff site, somewhere in the Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, 1969. The soldier on the stretcher is my older brother Bob.

Veteran's Day, November 11, 2007