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Clarence Eugene Postlethwait
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Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 8 ENGR CMBT BN 1 CAV DIV
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Date of Death
December 31, 1950
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Sergeant First Class Postlethwait was a medic with Company C, 8th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded while tending his wounded comrades during the defense of his company's position along the Yalu River near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. He died of those wounds on December 31, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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