Frederick Elmore Stone
Born 29 March 1926
Private First Class Stone was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea.
Buried at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, TN, D, 210
The Greeneville Sun, October 8, 1951
Pfc. Frederick E. Stone left Greeneville on October 5, 1950 to be inducted into the U.S. Army. On Friday, October 5, 1951, his funeral will be held at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
Pfc. Stone, aged 25 and a son of Mrs William A. Stone, was killed in action in Korea on February 14, 1951. After completing his basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. he was sent overseas in December and assigned to Co. E, 19th Inf. Regiment and was serving with that outfit at the time of his death.
A military funeral will be held and will take place on Monument Hill, where interment will also take place. Besides his mother he is survived by five brothers, Hubert, Albert, Jerome, Walter and Ralph Stone of Greene County; seven sisters, Mrs. Deselena Kilts of Elm Hurst, Ill., Mrs. Bertie Sexton of Oak Ridge and Misses Georgia, Jean, Betty, Barbara and Martha Stone of Greene County. His father was killed about two months ago when struck by a car as he alighted from a bus at his home. He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Piney Grove (White Sand) and attended church regularly.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 29 March 1926
- Date of death: 14 February 1951
- County: Greene
- Hometown: Greeneville
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division
- Conflict: Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XX, Middle Panel
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