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Name: Fleming, Richard E. (Sgt.)
Obituary Date: 13 Dec 1951
Volume: 1948-1951	Page: 137	Year: 1951
Date of Birth: 19 Nov 1931	Date of Death: 28 Apr 1951
Father: Clarence Bailey "C.B." Fleming	Mother: Hazel Miller
Comment: U. S. ArmySergeant Fleming was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 28, 1951. Sergeant Fleming was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's 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.
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