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Kenneth Russell Scurr, Jr. |
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Engagements: • World War II (1941 - 1945)• Korean War (1950 - 1953) |
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Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1945. Kenneth Russell Scurr, Jr. was born to U.S. Army Colonel Kenneth R. Scurr (MHOH Honoree ID 217652) and Lucille Pettyjohn Scurr on 26 June 1924, in Hughes County, SD. His father for many years was a bridge engineer for the state highway department and had also been Commander of the South Dakota National Guard. Kenneth, Jr. attended schools in Pierre and graduated from Riggs High School. He played the trumpet in the school band. After high school, he went to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and then received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, graduating with the Class of 1945. At graduation, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War II.Now a Captain, Scurr again served his country in battle during the Korean War as a member of the 5th Light Aviation Section of the U.S. Army. In fact, according to the Daily Capital Journal, “he had been awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Valor Device, and the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters” for his heroic service in his tour in Korean. While he was still in Korea, Captain Scurr started taking helicopter flying lessons. In 1951, he returned to the United States and served as an aviation instructor in the Army Aviation Section at Fort Sill, OK. On 25 August 1954, Captain Kenneth Russell Scurr, Jr. was killed when the helicopter he was piloting crashed and burned three miles northwest of Lawton, OK. Medals and Badges Silver Star MedalBronze Star Medal with Combat Valor Device Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal Army Aviator Badge Burial Captain Kenneth Russell Scurr, Jr. was buried with military honors at Riverside Cemetery in Pierre, SD. |
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