Corporal Council was living in Delta, TX when he entered the service and was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team.
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Undam-Jang, North Korea on April 23, 1951.
For his leadership and valor, Corporal Council was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, 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.
The following below was given by contributor #47305109:
The Paris News
[Paris, Lamar County, Texas]
Paris News Service
Cooper
Tues. Feb. 7, 1956
Page 12
Last rites for Cpl. Darrell D. Council of Charleston, a Korean casualty of 1951, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Charleston, where burial will be made by McDonald Funeral Home of Cooper.
The body is due to arrive in Commerce, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Below from contributor #46489742:
COUNCIL, DARREL D.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Darrel D. Council (RA18320708), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Private First Class Council distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces at Panghwa-Gol, Korea, on 22 and 23 April 1951. When his unit was forced to fall back under an overwhelming enemy assault, this heroic soldier remained at his machine gun to cover the withdrawal. True to the highest traditions of the military service, Private First Class Council steadfastly manned his weapon alone, delivering a deadly fire into the oncoming enemy masses until his position was overrun.
Department of the Army: General Orders No. 64 (June 30, 1952)
Home Town: Delta, Texas
Corporal Council, who was 18 at the time of his death, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Council of Charleston [Delta County, Texas].
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Undam-Jang, North Korea on April 23, 1951.
For his leadership and valor, Corporal Council was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, 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.
The following below was given by contributor #47305109:
The Paris News
[Paris, Lamar County, Texas]
Paris News Service
Cooper
Tues. Feb. 7, 1956
Page 12
Last rites for Cpl. Darrell D. Council of Charleston, a Korean casualty of 1951, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Charleston, where burial will be made by McDonald Funeral Home of Cooper.
The body is due to arrive in Commerce, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Below from contributor #46489742:
COUNCIL, DARREL D.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Darrel D. Council (RA18320708), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Private First Class Council distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces at Panghwa-Gol, Korea, on 22 and 23 April 1951. When his unit was forced to fall back under an overwhelming enemy assault, this heroic soldier remained at his machine gun to cover the withdrawal. True to the highest traditions of the military service, Private First Class Council steadfastly manned his weapon alone, delivering a deadly fire into the oncoming enemy masses until his position was overrun.
Department of the Army: General Orders No. 64 (June 30, 1952)
Home Town: Delta, Texas
Corporal Council, who was 18 at the time of his death, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Council of Charleston [Delta County, Texas].
Corporal Council was living in Delta, TX when he entered the service and was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team.
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Undam-Jang, North Korea on April 23, 1951.
For his leadership and valor, Corporal Council was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, 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.
The following below was given by contributor #47305109:
The Paris News
[Paris, Lamar County, Texas]
Paris News Service
Cooper
Tues. Feb. 7, 1956
Page 12
Last rites for Cpl. Darrell D. Council of Charleston, a Korean casualty of 1951, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Charleston, where burial will be made by McDonald Funeral Home of Cooper.
The body is due to arrive in Commerce, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Below from contributor #46489742:
COUNCIL, DARREL D.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Darrel D. Council (RA18320708), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Private First Class Council distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces at Panghwa-Gol, Korea, on 22 and 23 April 1951. When his unit was forced to fall back under an overwhelming enemy assault, this heroic soldier remained at his machine gun to cover the withdrawal. True to the highest traditions of the military service, Private First Class Council steadfastly manned his weapon alone, delivering a deadly fire into the oncoming enemy masses until his position was overrun.
Department of the Army: General Orders No. 64 (June 30, 1952)
Home Town: Delta, Texas
Corporal Council, who was 18 at the time of his death, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Council of Charleston [Delta County, Texas].
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Undam-Jang, North Korea on April 23, 1951.
For his leadership and valor, Corporal Council was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, 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.
The following below was given by contributor #47305109:
The Paris News
[Paris, Lamar County, Texas]
Paris News Service
Cooper
Tues. Feb. 7, 1956
Page 12
Last rites for Cpl. Darrell D. Council of Charleston, a Korean casualty of 1951, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church at Charleston, where burial will be made by McDonald Funeral Home of Cooper.
The body is due to arrive in Commerce, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Below from contributor #46489742:
COUNCIL, DARREL D.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Darrel D. Council (RA18320708), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. Private First Class Council distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces at Panghwa-Gol, Korea, on 22 and 23 April 1951. When his unit was forced to fall back under an overwhelming enemy assault, this heroic soldier remained at his machine gun to cover the withdrawal. True to the highest traditions of the military service, Private First Class Council steadfastly manned his weapon alone, delivering a deadly fire into the oncoming enemy masses until his position was overrun.
Department of the Army: General Orders No. 64 (June 30, 1952)
Home Town: Delta, Texas
Corporal Council, who was 18 at the time of his death, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Council of Charleston [Delta County, Texas].
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