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PFC Dewey Lee Soward

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PFC Dewey Lee Soward

Birth
Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
14 Aug 1950 (aged 24)
South Korea
Burial
Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA Add to Map
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Sec: SE, Blk 2, Gr 507
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USArmy
Service Number: RA19343379
Army Branch: Infantry
Component: USA Ð RA
Place of Casualty: South Korea Sector
Killed in Action
awarded Purple Heart
Body returned to US.
Buried Aug 23 1951
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korean_war_project_remembrance_
PFC DEWEY LEE SOWARD
19TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
C CO 1 BN
24TH INFANTRY DIVISION
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)
DATE OF LOSS: AUGUST 14, 1950
SERVICE NUMBER: RA19343379
BORN: OCTOBER 19, 1925
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
ATOKA, OKLAHOMA
ATOKA COUNTY
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: NAKTONG BULGE
BURIAL LOCATION
TULARE CEMETERY, TULARE, CA
Comments: Private First Class Soward was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 14, 1950. He was originally from rural Atoka County, Oklahoma.
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 28380
USArmy
Service Number: RA19343379
Army Branch: Infantry
Component: USA Ð RA
Place of Casualty: South Korea Sector
Killed in Action
awarded Purple Heart
Body returned to US.
Buried Aug 23 1951
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korean_war_project_remembrance_
PFC DEWEY LEE SOWARD
19TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
C CO 1 BN
24TH INFANTRY DIVISION
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)
DATE OF LOSS: AUGUST 14, 1950
SERVICE NUMBER: RA19343379
BORN: OCTOBER 19, 1925
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
ATOKA, OKLAHOMA
ATOKA COUNTY
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: NAKTONG BULGE
BURIAL LOCATION
TULARE CEMETERY, TULARE, CA
Comments: Private First Class Soward was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 14, 1950. He was originally from rural Atoka County, Oklahoma.
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 28380


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