Gray, Lemuel Taylor

Brick Inscription:

LEMUEL T. GRAY
KIA JUL 20, 1950

                                  
Brick Location

Walk North-East Expansion


 

   Honored by:

 LTC Herman H. Mc Lawhorn (Retired)
Army of the United States
 Korean War Veteran

 

 
 






Sergeant Lemuel Taylor Gray was born in Lenoir County. Sergeant Gray was a member of the 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 20, 1950.

ON JANUARY 13, 2005, A BOX OF RECORDS WAS DELIVERED TO DANNA T. HARDISON (FIRST COUSIN OF GRAY). THE BOX HAD BEEN STORED AN ATTIC IN COLUMBIA, SC. IT HAD BEEN LEFT FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS BEFORE BY SOMEONE THOUGHT TO BE THE STEPFATHER OF GRAY. IN 2004, THE OWNER OF THE HOME OPEN THE BOX AND FOUND THE CERTIFICATE AWARDING THE PURPLE HEART AND SILVER STAR, PLUS PICTURE OF GRAY'S FUNERAL IN AUGUST OF 1951. FROM THE PICTURES, THE OWNER OF THE HOME IN SC WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FUNERAL HOME AS BEING IN KINSTON , NC. WITH THAT INFORMATION HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE COUSIN. HE DELIVERED THE MATERIAL TO DANNA HARDISON.

HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED AT WESTVEIW CEMETERY, KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA