Korean War
Service # | 38753987 |
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Rank | Sergeant First Class U.S. Army |
Date of Death | January 12 1951 |
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant First Class Neal was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical 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.
Notes
Sergeant First Class Neal was a medic with the 24th Medical Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on January 11, 1951 while tending his wounded comrades and died of those wounds the following day.