35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Dale Phillip Prickett    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"



Baker 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 Dale Phillip Prickett, RA15291341, who died in the service of his country on August 18th, 1950 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Dale was 24 years of age. He was from WITHAMSVILLE, Ohio. Dale's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PFC Dale Phillip Prickett 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.


Private First Class Prickett was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 18, 1950. Private First Class Prickett was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.

BURIAL LOCATION,MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY, WITHAMSVILLE, OH

Dale Philip Prickett enlisted in the Navy after graduating from Withrow High School. He was in the Navy for 18 months in the latter part of World War II. In 1949 Dale Prickett enlisted in the army and was killed in Korea.