Triangle-CPL Clevenger-Raleigh
Dec 3, 2021 9:04:23 GMT -5
Post by Charles Bullock on Dec 3, 2021 9:04:23 GMT -5
We have been invited to stand for Army Cpl. Leon E. Clevenger (MIA) who was killed during the Korean War.
In the summer of 1950, Clevenger was an infantryman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 11, 1950, while involved in combat operations against the North Korean People’s Army in the vicinity of Chonui and Choch’iwon, South Korea. The Army amended his status to deceased in December 1953 when there was no updated information regarding his status.
In November 1951, a U.S. Army Graves Registration Team recovered the remains of an unidentified American near the village of Kalgo-ri, approximately three miles from Clevenger’s last known location. The remains were taken to the United States Military Cemetery Tanggok for possible identification, and were later sent to the Central Identification Unit at Kokura, Japan, as Unknown X-2258 Tanggok for further processing. The remains, which could not be identified, were subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
This will be a flag line at RDU and an escort to Bright Funeral Home in Wake
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Staging Location: Sheets at RDU
1600 Aviation Parkway
Morrisville, NC 27560
goo.gl/qfw5to
Staging: 2:00PM
Briefing: 2:30PM Following the briefing, we will move over to prepare for the flag line and escort.
Link for Directions: goo.gl/qfw5to
I will be honored to serve as RC for this mission. Thank you for all that you do to honor our heroes and their families.
Randy Bright
919-616-4603
SPECIAL NOTE: We have also been invited to stand at his graveside funeral service on Saturday, December 11, 2021. I will post details regarding the service later in another mission post. See less
In the summer of 1950, Clevenger was an infantryman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 11, 1950, while involved in combat operations against the North Korean People’s Army in the vicinity of Chonui and Choch’iwon, South Korea. The Army amended his status to deceased in December 1953 when there was no updated information regarding his status.
In November 1951, a U.S. Army Graves Registration Team recovered the remains of an unidentified American near the village of Kalgo-ri, approximately three miles from Clevenger’s last known location. The remains were taken to the United States Military Cemetery Tanggok for possible identification, and were later sent to the Central Identification Unit at Kokura, Japan, as Unknown X-2258 Tanggok for further processing. The remains, which could not be identified, were subsequently buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
This will be a flag line at RDU and an escort to Bright Funeral Home in Wake
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Staging Location: Sheets at RDU
1600 Aviation Parkway
Morrisville, NC 27560
goo.gl/qfw5to
Staging: 2:00PM
Briefing: 2:30PM Following the briefing, we will move over to prepare for the flag line and escort.
Link for Directions: goo.gl/qfw5to
I will be honored to serve as RC for this mission. Thank you for all that you do to honor our heroes and their families.
Randy Bright
919-616-4603
SPECIAL NOTE: We have also been invited to stand at his graveside funeral service on Saturday, December 11, 2021. I will post details regarding the service later in another mission post. See less