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Tennessee Hero Honored By G!sSEOUL A Tennessee hern who won I he medal of honor posthumously was honored in Memo* rinl Day services her* ' today. Gen, I*. D. White, commander Af U. S. armed forces in tiis Par East, presided at a ceremony dedicating a'new sergcEmls’ billet named Duke Hal) In honor of the late M. SgL.Ray E. Duke, a Whit-well, Tenn,, native.Dtiite, badly wounded, covered | the withdrawal of his men underi fire during the Korean conflict, j He was captured and died -hr a Communist prison camp Nov. 11, 1951.At Ihe time nf his death, his: mother Mrs, Ida Nancy B. Duke, was living al the home of Mrs. James Loudon, Tracy City, Tenn.The oldest member or Duke's old outfit. Specialist. L. c. Waller J, Gunn'of Lakehurst, ’Nr J.T tin-veiled a -plflciue honoring the Tennessee . hero.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Wed, May 30, 1956
Page 10
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