Korean War
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Towner
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Master Sergeant
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
19th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
24th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Korea
Circumstances:
Killed in action in North Korea
Biography:
Master Sergeant Ray Point was born in Perth, ND on September 4, 1915, and was a resident of Towner County, ND when he entered the US Army in Ft Snelling, MD on April 4, 1939. During World War II he served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and he separated from the Army at Ft MacArthur, California on September 19, 1945, as a Technical Sergeant.
He reentered the US Army on June 25, 1950, and served in Korea. While fighting the enemy in Korea he was killed in action on November 4, 1950.
He is buried in the Ft MacArthur Cemetery in San Pedro, California.