Korean War
Service # | 15277818 |
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Unit | B BTRY 38 FA BN 2 DIV |
Rank | Corporal U.S. Army |
Date of Death | April 30 1951 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial |
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Friley was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, 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.
Notes
Corporal Friley was a medic with Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered., the Combat Action Ribbon