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SFC Hillery Buster Adkins

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SFC Hillery Buster Adkins

Birth
Palermo, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA
Death
1 Dec 1950 (aged 24)
North Korea
Burial
Sias, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Single Stone- inscription- Wva SFC 31 Infantry- 7 inf Div WWII Korea PH.

Charleston Gazette
Tue Aug 2 1955
Adkins, Hillrey, Service of Sgt. 1st Class Adkins, 25, of Sias, Lincoln County, killed in Action in Korea on Dec 1, 1950, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Collins Knob Church near Sias. Rev. Ebb Cummings and Rev Elijah Adkins will conduct the service and burial will be in Martha Cemetery. American Legion Post 111 of Hamlin will conduct gravesite rites. The body will arrive today at Koontz mortuary in Hamlin. Surviving are his wife, Nancy, a daughter, Mary Jane, a son, Hillery Dale, his mother, Mrs. Luetta Adkins of Sias, three sisters, Mrs Fay Alexander of Gastonia N.C., Mrs Reola Goodby and Miss Anna Lou Adkins, both of Colubus, Ohio. and three brothers, Ercil of Midland, Pa, James of Accoville, and Pvt. Don in Korea.SFC Hillrey Buster Adkins
31st Infantry Regiment
M CO 3 BN
Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: December 1, 1950
Service Number: RA35089947
Born: March 11, 1926
Home Or Place Of Enlistment Sias, West Virginia
Location Or Battle Zone: Chosin Reservoir
Town Or Area: Eastern Shore
Burial Location Mark Cemetery, Sias, Wv

Sergeant First Class Adkins was a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 1, 1950. Some records cite first name as "Hillery."
Single Stone- inscription- Wva SFC 31 Infantry- 7 inf Div WWII Korea PH.

Charleston Gazette
Tue Aug 2 1955
Adkins, Hillrey, Service of Sgt. 1st Class Adkins, 25, of Sias, Lincoln County, killed in Action in Korea on Dec 1, 1950, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Collins Knob Church near Sias. Rev. Ebb Cummings and Rev Elijah Adkins will conduct the service and burial will be in Martha Cemetery. American Legion Post 111 of Hamlin will conduct gravesite rites. The body will arrive today at Koontz mortuary in Hamlin. Surviving are his wife, Nancy, a daughter, Mary Jane, a son, Hillery Dale, his mother, Mrs. Luetta Adkins of Sias, three sisters, Mrs Fay Alexander of Gastonia N.C., Mrs Reola Goodby and Miss Anna Lou Adkins, both of Colubus, Ohio. and three brothers, Ercil of Midland, Pa, James of Accoville, and Pvt. Don in Korea.SFC Hillrey Buster Adkins
31st Infantry Regiment
M CO 3 BN
Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: December 1, 1950
Service Number: RA35089947
Born: March 11, 1926
Home Or Place Of Enlistment Sias, West Virginia
Location Or Battle Zone: Chosin Reservoir
Town Or Area: Eastern Shore
Burial Location Mark Cemetery, Sias, Wv

Sergeant First Class Adkins was a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 1, 1950. Some records cite first name as "Hillery."


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