35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Elmore Stinson    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"



Dog 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 Elmore Stinson, who died in the service of his country on January 12th, 1952 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as Truck Accident. At the time of his death Elmore was 23 years of age. He was from Fort Lawn, South Carolina.

The decorations earned by PFC Elmore Stinson include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private Stinson was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On January 12, 1952, he was killed when the truck he was riding in overturned near Hwachon, North Korea. Private Stinson was awarded the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Elmore was an African-American

BURIAL LOCATION:MOUNT ZION CEMETERY, ROCK HILL, SC