Richard Warren Krepps

Korean War
Service #13272324
UnitD BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathSeptember 30 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Krepps was awarded the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Krepps was a member of Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy during the defense of the Pusan Perimeter on September 15, 1950 and returned to duty on October 8, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War by the Chinese near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died as a prisoner on September 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.