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Charlie Will Payne
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Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
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Date of Death
June 27, 1951
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Sergeant First Class Payne was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of the 442nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. On June 27, 1951, after escorting four intelligence agents five miles beyond enemy lines near Kaachil-li, North Korea and obtaining valuable information to the 3rd Infantry Division, he encountered an enemy patrol and was mortally wounded. |
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