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Korean War
PFC George Conelius Bauerfeind
Co B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division

KIA in KOREA
After Korea the Unit patch had "Korea" on it.
I found him in the records;
    • First Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif in July of 1948.
    • In Jan 1949 he was in the Marine Barracks, Navel Air Station, Patuient River, Maryland.
    • In October of 1949 & 1950 he is found in the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor.
    • In 1950 he was living at the Wahiawa Naval Radio Station, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Daily Oklahoman
29 Nov 1954

Soldiers were buried in temporary cemeteries till
after a war. He came home in 1954
San Angelo Standard-Times
Nov 9,1950

PFC GEORGE CONELIOUS BAUERFEIND

1ST MARINE REGIMENT

B CO 1 BN

1ST MARINE DIVISION

MARINES

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

DATE OF LOSS: OCTOBER 27, 1950

SERVICE NUMBER: 668244

BORN: MAY 3, 1931

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: DENISON, TX

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: WONSAN

TOWN OR AREA: KOJO Map showing the location of Hill 109 and Kojo

HILL OR OUTPOST: HILL 109

BURIAL LOCATION: FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, DENISON, TX


Comments: Private First Class Bauerfeind was a member of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division.
He was Killed in Action while engaged with the enemy in Korea on October 27, 1950.


He is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Denison.
Notice his tombstone order has a date of 1954. His was buried in a temporary cemetery and moved after the war.



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