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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Rafael Diaz Jr., a 20-year-old Key West resident and National Guardsman, was seriously wounded in action in Korea on December 16 while serving with the 40th Infantry Division. He is hospitalized there and has been awarded the Purple Heart.
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20 Year Old Local Youth Badly Hurt On Korean Front On Jan. 16th
Rafael Diaz, Jr., 20, 1208 Duval Street, was seriously wounded in action in Korea on December 16th according to word received by his father in a telegram from the War Department.
Diaz, who has been in action for four months received wounds in his back and is hospitalized in a Korean Hospital according to the wire.
A graduate of the Key West High School, Diaz was called into the service two and a half years ago with the contingent of Key West National Guardsmen and has seen service at Camp Gordon, Georgia and in New Jersey prior to going overseas.
He was serving with Company C, 223rd Infantry, 40th Infantry Division at the time he was wounded.
He has been awarded the Purple Heart for his wound.
Diaz' grandmother, Mrs. Carmen la Garcia, resides at 409 Amelia Street in Key West.
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RAFAEL DIAZ, JR., 1208 Duval Street, was wounded in action in Korea on December 16th, according to a War Department report received by his father. Diaz is reported to be convalescing in a hospital in Korea.
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Key West
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December 16th
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seriously wounded in back, hospitalized in korea, awarded purple heart
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Rafael Diaz, Jr., 20, from 1208 Duval Street, Key West, was seriously wounded in action in Korea while serving with Company C, 223rd Infantry, 40th Infantry Division. He had been in action for four months and received the wounds according to a telegram from the War Department to his father. A graduate of Key West High School, he was called into service two and a half years ago with Key West National Guardsmen and served at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and in New Jersey before going overseas. His grandmother, Mrs. Carmen la Garcia, resides at 409 Amelia Street in Key West.