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MAJ Dorrance Sielaff Radcliffe

Bronze Star
7th Marine Regiment
HQ SVC CO
Marines
Hostile, Died of Wounds (DOW)
Date Of Loss: December 7, 1950
Service Number: 005792
Born: August 7, 1914
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Reno, Nevada
Location Or Battle Zone: Chosin Reservoir
Burial Location
Arlington National Cemetery

Comments: USNA Class of 1938, Major Radcliffe was a member of Headquarters, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in Korea and died of those wounds on December 7, 1950. His brother, Melvin Radcliffe, also a graduate of the Naval Academy, was Killed In Action on the destroyer Sims during the Battle of the Coral Sea in WW II.

Son of Arthur Dorrance Radcliffe and Pearl Sielaff Radcliffe of Sparks, Nevada. Husband of Mrs. Regina G. Radcliffe of Newport, Rhode Island.

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