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Hugo Victor Baccari
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
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Date of Death
December 8, 1950
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Private First Class Baccari was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On December 8, 1950, his company was subjected to a savage attack by a numerically superior enemy force near Koto-ri, North Korea. He voluntarily left his covered position to carry his wounded comrades to a protected area. He continued to search for and evacuate casualties in sub-zero weather until he was mortally wounded. |
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