KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

PFC Billy Miles MacLeod

32nd Infantry Regiment
B CO 1 BN
Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: November 28, 1950
Remains Returned To Custody: January 1, 2002
Date Of Identification: December 27, 2007
Service Number: RA16296834
Born: March 20, 1930
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Cheboygan, Michigan
Location Or Battle Zone: Chosin Reservoir
Town Or Area: Eastern Shore
Burial Location
Pine Hill Cemetery, Cheboygan, Mi

Comments: Private First Class MacLeod was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 23, 1950 and returned to duty on October 11, 1950. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 28, 1950. His remains were not recovered until his remains were repatriated from a mass grave in 2002 after construction uncovered his remains near the Chosin Reservoir. DNA provided by his half brother, Bernie Potter of Cheboygan, was used to identify PFC MacLeod. He was laid to rest with full military honors on January 19, 2008, at the Pine Hill Cemetery, according to a an Associate Press story on January 19, 2008 derived from the Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

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PINE HILL CEMETERY, CHEBOYGAN, MI

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