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John Edward Kilmer
Hospital Corpsman, U.S. Navy

Born:   Aug 15, 1930 at Highland Park, IL
Entered Service:   Houston, TX
Date/Place of Action:  Aug 13, 1952 - Korea
Unit:   Attached as a medical corpsman, Rifle Platoon, 1st Marine Division
Date of Death:   Aug 13, 1952 - (Killed In Action)
Buried at:  San Jose Burial Park - San Antonio, TX

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Lester Hammond, Jr.
Corporal, U.S. Army

Born:   Mar 25, 1931 at Wayland, MO
Entered Service:   Quincy, IL
Date/Place of Action:  Aug 14, 1952 - Kumwha, Korea
Unit:  Company A, 187th Airborne Combat Team
Presentation:
  Presented to his father at the Pentagon
     by Under Sec. or the Army Earl D. Johnson on Aug 05, 1953

Date Of Death:  Aug 14, 1952 - (Killed In Action)
Buried at: 
Sunset Cemetery - Quincy, IL

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Robert Ernest Simanek
Private, U.S. Marine Corps

Born:  Apr 26, 1930 at Detroit, MI
Entered Service:   Detroit, MI
Date/Place of Action:   Aug 17, 1952 - Outpost Irene, Korea
Unit:  Company F, 2d Bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein)
Presentation:  Presented at the White House
     by President Eisenhower on Oct 27, 1953
Still Living

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Alford Lee McLaughlin
Private, U.S. Marine Corps

Born:   Mar 18, 1928 at Leeds, AL
Entered Service:   Leeds, AL
Date/Place of Action:  Sep 4 & 5, 1952 - Outpost Bruce, Korea
Unit:   Company L, 3d Bn, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
PresentationPresented at the White House
     by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Oct 27, 1953

Date of Death:   Jan 15, 1977
Buried at:   Mount Hebron Cemetery - Leeds, AL

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