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Luther H. Story
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 9 INF 2 DIV
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Date of Death
September 1, 1950
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Corporal Story was a weapons squad leader with Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On September 1, 1951 near Agok, South Korea, his company was nearly encircled by overwhelming enemy forces. He saw a large group of the enemy crossing the Naktong River to attack his position. He took a machine-gun from a wounded comrade and attacked, killing nearly 100 enemy. He then singlehandedly attacked an enemy truck with grenades. Badly wounded, he directed his squad to withdraw, while he covered its withdrawal. He was last seen fighting the enemy in hand to hand combat. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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