Wegner, Richard Lee
First Name
Richard
Middle Name
Lee
Last Name
Wegner
Serial Number
666593
Highest Rank
CPL
War or Action
Korean War
Date Of Birth
12/23/1929
County
Arapahoe
Biography

Member Air/Navy Gunfire Liaison Company, 1st Signal Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Taken POW November 29, 1950 and died in a prison camp on March 1, 1951. Remains never recovered. Awarded Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Place Of Burial
Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing
Place Of Death
Korea
Circumstances
Died Prisoner Of War
Row Number
40
Column Number
1
Panel Number
17

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