The son of Hubert & Velma Oliver Brimberry
I can remember that day like it was yesterday.
I was 14 years of age when the news came that my cousin Darrell Ray had been killed in action.
That was my first Military funeral to attend, it was sad but also beautiful. The Taps were played by a soldier in the woods and answered by another at the graveside.
The family was so heart broken, Velma, his mother never believed he was killed, but would come home again someday.....
BRIMBERRY DARREL R Rank=CPL Serial Number=RA18262113 Branch=Infantry
Military Occupation Specialty=04812 Year of Birth=31 Race=Caucasian
State of Residence=TX County of Residence=Houston
Unit=23rd Inf Reg Division=2nd Inf Div Type of Unit=Inf Regt
Place of Casualty=South Korea Date of Casualty (yymmdd)=51 03 07
Type of Casualty=Killed in Action
Group of Casualty=Killed in Action
∼Darrel was living in Houston County, TX when he entered the service and was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on March 7, 1951.
Corporal Brimberry was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, 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.
The son of Hubert & Velma Oliver Brimberry
I can remember that day like it was yesterday.
I was 14 years of age when the news came that my cousin Darrell Ray had been killed in action.
That was my first Military funeral to attend, it was sad but also beautiful. The Taps were played by a soldier in the woods and answered by another at the graveside.
The family was so heart broken, Velma, his mother never believed he was killed, but would come home again someday.....
BRIMBERRY DARREL R Rank=CPL Serial Number=RA18262113 Branch=Infantry
Military Occupation Specialty=04812 Year of Birth=31 Race=Caucasian
State of Residence=TX County of Residence=Houston
Unit=23rd Inf Reg Division=2nd Inf Div Type of Unit=Inf Regt
Place of Casualty=South Korea Date of Casualty (yymmdd)=51 03 07
Type of Casualty=Killed in Action
Group of Casualty=Killed in Action
∼Darrel was living in Houston County, TX when he entered the service and was a member of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on March 7, 1951.
Corporal Brimberry was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, 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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- Tex Cpl 23 Inf 2 Inf Div -
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