View a eulogy for Leslie Whittington Kirkpatrick, USMA '49, who passed away on November 5, 1950.
Leslie Whittington Kirkpatrick
West Point, 1949
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terry Powers on November 3, 2022:
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517th Parachute Inf. Regt. 1943-1044 Class of 1949 West Point Co E 19th Inf 24 Division Killed in Action, Nov 5, 1950 , N. Korea Final Interment, April 10, 1955 www.findagrave.com/memorial/81795199/leslie-whittington-kirkpatrick 1LT Leslie Whittington Kirkpatrick Silver Star 19th Infantry Regiment E CO 2 BN Army Hostile, Died (KIA) Date Of Loss: November 5, 1950 Service Number: O-0059140 Born: November 10, 1924 Home Or Place Of Enlistment Montgomery, Alabama Location Or Battle Zone: Chongchon River Town Or Area: Northeast Of Anju Burial Location Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Al Comments: USMA Class of 1949, First Lieutenant Kirkpatrick was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea of November 5, 1950. His family knew him as "Bub." Son of Mrs. M.T. Kirkpatrick of Montgomery, Alabama. www.koreanwar.org/html/16047/korean-war-project-alabama-o-0059140-1lt-leslie-whittington-kirkpatrick/ |
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