Curtis, Philip Kenneth b. July 7, 1926 d. April 23, 1951 Korean War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Devonport, Devon, he served as a Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army. During a heavy enemy attack near the Imjin River, Korea, April 23, 1951, Lieutenant Curtis, was ordered to make a counter attack with his platoon on a forward position. Held up by heavy fire, he then ordered some of his men to give covering fire while he himself rushed the main position of resistance. In this...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea
Muir, Kenneth b. March 6, 1912 d. September 23, 1950 Korean War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Major in the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. During an attack on Hill 282, Songiu, Korea, September 23, 1950, there was difficulty in evacuating the wounded after a position had been captured. Major Muir arrived with a stretcher party, when the enemy started to launch a series of attacks on the positions. He took over command of the party and after a direct hit from a fire bomb, causing further casualties, he led a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea
Sun-il, Kim b. 1971 d. June 22, 2004 Kim Sun-il, 33, was beheaded by an Al-Quaida linked terrorist group, Monotheism and Jihad, on June 22, 2004. Kim worked for a South Korean company supplying the U.S. military in Iraq. Kim's kidnappers threatened to kill him unless South Korea canceled a troop deployment to Iraq. The Seoul government rejected the demand, subsequently increasing their military presence by a number of 3,000 soldiers. (Bio by: Grace, Peace and Love, Karen) Youngnak Cemetery Park, Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea
b. July 7, 1926 d. April 23, 1951