Date of Incident06/01/1951
ConflictKorean War 1950-1953
RankPrivate First Class
UnitB Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
StatusWounded in Action
Hit by a hand grenade shrapnel during assault on an enemy bunker to my immediate front. The bunker was about 1/4 of the way down a hill which we were attempting to take and later in the day it was taken by the platoon (Baker Co. 1st Platoon). The shrapnel damaged my left eye and I was evacuated to a field hospital then to hospital ship USS Haven then to Japan and the U.S.
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