Individual Details
Waldo Marcus DINGUS
(5 Jan 1932 - 13 Jul 1953)
Events
Birth | 5 Jan 1932 | Magoffin Co., KY | |||
Death | 13 Jul 1953 | killed in action - KOR | |||
Burial | Dingus Cemetery White Oak, Waldo, Magoffin Co., KY |
Families
Father | Russell Franklin "Frank" DINGUS (1897 - 1994) |
Mother | June Belle ADKINS (1900 - 1975) |
Sibling | Audrey 'Vivian' DINGUS (1920 - 2009) |
Sibling | Ruth DINGUS (1923 - 1923) |
Sibling | Mona Maxine DINGUS (1925 - 1994) |
Sibling | James Calvin DINGUS (1929 - 2004) |
Sibling | Shirley G. DINGUS (1936 - 1939) |
Notes
Death
Member of the 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on July 13, 1953. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, 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.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16431439.