KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

PVT William Durand Trammell

5th Cavalry Regiment
H CO 2 BN
Army
Hostile, Died While Captured (POW)
Date Of Loss: August 17, 1950
Service Number: RA14337466
Born: December 22, 1930
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Greenville, South Carolina
Location Or Battle Zone: Taegu Area
Town Or Area: Waegwan
Hill Or Outpost: Hill 303
Burial Location
Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Sc

Comments: Private Trammell was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was captured, bound and murdered at Hill 303 near Waegwan, South Korea on August 17, 1950.

Son of Homer Franklin Trammell and Ida Margaret Yeargn Trammell.

Korean War Project Key No: 30372

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GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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December 22, 1930

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WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK, GREENVILLE, SC

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