The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Cloyd Lee Menser, RA12316264, who died in the service of his country on September 21st, 1950 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Cloyd was 19 years of age. He was from Iredell County, North Carolina. Cloyd's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.
The decorations earned by PFC Cloyd Lee Menser 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 Menser was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 21, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Private First Class Menser was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Memorial Burial: Hebron Baptist Church, Iredell County, NC
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