35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Junior Keith Coram    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Fox Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Junior Keith Coram, RA17235749, who died in the service of his country on July 22nd, 1950 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as MIA to KIA. At the time of his death Junior was 22 years of age. He was from Linn County, Missouri. Junior's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PFC Junior Keith Coram include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Junior entered the service 24 March 1948.

BURIAL LOCATION
NESTER CEMETERY, NEW BOSTON, MO