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Ransom Dewey Piper
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
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Date of Death
October 7, 1951
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Corporal Piper was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On October 7, 1951, while expanding the unit's perimeter of defense near Tut-a-yon, North Korea, an officer stepped on a landmine and was severely wounded. Corporal Piper proceeded through the minefield to rescue his fallen leader, but was killed as he stepped on another mine. |
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