Pfc. Dale Lee Fugate, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country on the battlefield in Korea on February 4, of this year, was laid at rest in the Benkelman cemetery.
Dale Lee Fugate, only child of Alfred and Marie Fugate, was born on October 9, 1923, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Adkinson, at Benkelman, Nebraska. He departed this life at Ochon-Ni, South Korea, February 4, 1951, at the age of 27 years, 3 months and 25 days.
From the time he was 18 months old until he was called into the serviee of his country, he lived with his parents at their present farm home. He was neither absent nor late while attending grade school in District 14. He graduated from Benkelman high school with the class of 1941.
Dale was an active 4-.H. club member for eight years and a leader for two years. He earned a trip to Club Week at Lincoln and was on two judging teams competing at the state fair.
As a child he attended the Mt. Emmett Sunday school and church. Later, during his military service, his letters indicated real interest in, and regular attendance at, the chapel services on the post.
In 1946, he received two orders to appear for induction to military service which were canceled by government ruling. Then on November 17, 1948, be was inducted into the army at North Platte, Nebraska, and then sent to Ft. Riley, Kans., to the 87th Infantry Regiment for his basic training.
After two months of basic training, he was sent to leaders' course school and graduated on March 25, 1949. On May 23, he received his private first class rating. After serving one year and 13 days, he was transferred from active duty to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Dale was called back to active service, reporting at Ft. Lewis, Washington, September 17, 1950. On December 19, he was sent to Ft. Lawton, Port of Embarkation, sailing January 5, 1951. He landed at Yokohama, Japan, after 17 days at sea. He was then sent aboard a Japanese ship for Pusan, Korea. In Korea, he was a replacement in the 7th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division. In this he realized one of the ambitions he had mentioned during his training.
Dale's Buddy, Sgt. Roy League of Stratton wrote of Dale's last battle at Ochon-Ni, a point south of Seoul.
"In the late afternoon of February 4, our company was advancing uphill preparing to secure the last part of a hill to complete the battalion defense perimeter. Advancing into persistent enemy machine gun fire, it made it very difficult to maneuver and Dale was hit by a Chinese concussion grenade. Though the medics were right there, it was instant death."
Dale and his father were constant companions in all their farm work, sharing responsibilities and pleasures alike. Dale's personality was such that he made friends easily with both young and old alike and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Both grandfathers and two uncles preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his parents; his grandmothers, Mrs. Lizzie Fugate of Norton, Kansas, and Mrs. Fred Fanning of Benkelman; his step-grandfather, Fred Fanning; two uncles, five aunts, eighteen cousins and a great number of friends.
Dale Lee Fugate, only child of Alfred and Marie Fugate, was born on October 9, 1923, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Adkinson, at Benkelman, Nebraska. He departed this life at Ochon-Ni, South Korea, February 4, 1951, at the age of 27 years, 3 months and 25 days.
From the time he was 18 months old until he was called into the serviee of his country, he lived with his parents at their present farm home. He was neither absent nor late while attending grade school in District 14. He graduated from Benkelman high school with the class of 1941.
Dale was an active 4-.H. club member for eight years and a leader for two years. He earned a trip to Club Week at Lincoln and was on two judging teams competing at the state fair.
As a child he attended the Mt. Emmett Sunday school and church. Later, during his military service, his letters indicated real interest in, and regular attendance at, the chapel services on the post.
In 1946, he received two orders to appear for induction to military service which were canceled by government ruling. Then on November 17, 1948, be was inducted into the army at North Platte, Nebraska, and then sent to Ft. Riley, Kans., to the 87th Infantry Regiment for his basic training.
After two months of basic training, he was sent to leaders' course school and graduated on March 25, 1949. On May 23, he received his private first class rating. After serving one year and 13 days, he was transferred from active duty to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Dale was called back to active service, reporting at Ft. Lewis, Washington, September 17, 1950. On December 19, he was sent to Ft. Lawton, Port of Embarkation, sailing January 5, 1951. He landed at Yokohama, Japan, after 17 days at sea. He was then sent aboard a Japanese ship for Pusan, Korea. In Korea, he was a replacement in the 7th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division. In this he realized one of the ambitions he had mentioned during his training.
Dale's Buddy, Sgt. Roy League of Stratton wrote of Dale's last battle at Ochon-Ni, a point south of Seoul.
"In the late afternoon of February 4, our company was advancing uphill preparing to secure the last part of a hill to complete the battalion defense perimeter. Advancing into persistent enemy machine gun fire, it made it very difficult to maneuver and Dale was hit by a Chinese concussion grenade. Though the medics were right there, it was instant death."
Dale and his father were constant companions in all their farm work, sharing responsibilities and pleasures alike. Dale's personality was such that he made friends easily with both young and old alike and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Both grandfathers and two uncles preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his parents; his grandmothers, Mrs. Lizzie Fugate of Norton, Kansas, and Mrs. Fred Fanning of Benkelman; his step-grandfather, Fred Fanning; two uncles, five aunts, eighteen cousins and a great number of friends.
Pfc. Dale Lee Fugate, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country on the battlefield in Korea on February 4, of this year, was laid at rest in the Benkelman cemetery.
Dale Lee Fugate, only child of Alfred and Marie Fugate, was born on October 9, 1923, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Adkinson, at Benkelman, Nebraska. He departed this life at Ochon-Ni, South Korea, February 4, 1951, at the age of 27 years, 3 months and 25 days.
From the time he was 18 months old until he was called into the serviee of his country, he lived with his parents at their present farm home. He was neither absent nor late while attending grade school in District 14. He graduated from Benkelman high school with the class of 1941.
Dale was an active 4-.H. club member for eight years and a leader for two years. He earned a trip to Club Week at Lincoln and was on two judging teams competing at the state fair.
As a child he attended the Mt. Emmett Sunday school and church. Later, during his military service, his letters indicated real interest in, and regular attendance at, the chapel services on the post.
In 1946, he received two orders to appear for induction to military service which were canceled by government ruling. Then on November 17, 1948, be was inducted into the army at North Platte, Nebraska, and then sent to Ft. Riley, Kans., to the 87th Infantry Regiment for his basic training.
After two months of basic training, he was sent to leaders' course school and graduated on March 25, 1949. On May 23, he received his private first class rating. After serving one year and 13 days, he was transferred from active duty to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Dale was called back to active service, reporting at Ft. Lewis, Washington, September 17, 1950. On December 19, he was sent to Ft. Lawton, Port of Embarkation, sailing January 5, 1951. He landed at Yokohama, Japan, after 17 days at sea. He was then sent aboard a Japanese ship for Pusan, Korea. In Korea, he was a replacement in the 7th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division. In this he realized one of the ambitions he had mentioned during his training.
Dale's Buddy, Sgt. Roy League of Stratton wrote of Dale's last battle at Ochon-Ni, a point south of Seoul.
"In the late afternoon of February 4, our company was advancing uphill preparing to secure the last part of a hill to complete the battalion defense perimeter. Advancing into persistent enemy machine gun fire, it made it very difficult to maneuver and Dale was hit by a Chinese concussion grenade. Though the medics were right there, it was instant death."
Dale and his father were constant companions in all their farm work, sharing responsibilities and pleasures alike. Dale's personality was such that he made friends easily with both young and old alike and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Both grandfathers and two uncles preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his parents; his grandmothers, Mrs. Lizzie Fugate of Norton, Kansas, and Mrs. Fred Fanning of Benkelman; his step-grandfather, Fred Fanning; two uncles, five aunts, eighteen cousins and a great number of friends.
Dale Lee Fugate, only child of Alfred and Marie Fugate, was born on October 9, 1923, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Adkinson, at Benkelman, Nebraska. He departed this life at Ochon-Ni, South Korea, February 4, 1951, at the age of 27 years, 3 months and 25 days.
From the time he was 18 months old until he was called into the serviee of his country, he lived with his parents at their present farm home. He was neither absent nor late while attending grade school in District 14. He graduated from Benkelman high school with the class of 1941.
Dale was an active 4-.H. club member for eight years and a leader for two years. He earned a trip to Club Week at Lincoln and was on two judging teams competing at the state fair.
As a child he attended the Mt. Emmett Sunday school and church. Later, during his military service, his letters indicated real interest in, and regular attendance at, the chapel services on the post.
In 1946, he received two orders to appear for induction to military service which were canceled by government ruling. Then on November 17, 1948, be was inducted into the army at North Platte, Nebraska, and then sent to Ft. Riley, Kans., to the 87th Infantry Regiment for his basic training.
After two months of basic training, he was sent to leaders' course school and graduated on March 25, 1949. On May 23, he received his private first class rating. After serving one year and 13 days, he was transferred from active duty to the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Dale was called back to active service, reporting at Ft. Lewis, Washington, September 17, 1950. On December 19, he was sent to Ft. Lawton, Port of Embarkation, sailing January 5, 1951. He landed at Yokohama, Japan, after 17 days at sea. He was then sent aboard a Japanese ship for Pusan, Korea. In Korea, he was a replacement in the 7th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division. In this he realized one of the ambitions he had mentioned during his training.
Dale's Buddy, Sgt. Roy League of Stratton wrote of Dale's last battle at Ochon-Ni, a point south of Seoul.
"In the late afternoon of February 4, our company was advancing uphill preparing to secure the last part of a hill to complete the battalion defense perimeter. Advancing into persistent enemy machine gun fire, it made it very difficult to maneuver and Dale was hit by a Chinese concussion grenade. Though the medics were right there, it was instant death."
Dale and his father were constant companions in all their farm work, sharing responsibilities and pleasures alike. Dale's personality was such that he made friends easily with both young and old alike and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Both grandfathers and two uncles preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his parents; his grandmothers, Mrs. Lizzie Fugate of Norton, Kansas, and Mrs. Fred Fanning of Benkelman; his step-grandfather, Fred Fanning; two uncles, five aunts, eighteen cousins and a great number of friends.
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