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Kenneth Shadrick Memorial

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Details:

On the opposite side of Highway 1 from the Task Force Smith Memorial. Marker A small stone stele marking the site where Private Kenneth Shadrick died from machine gun fire while engaging a North Korean tank with a bazooka.  Shadrick is noted as being the first American casualty of the Korean War.

Monument Text:

None available

Commemorates:

People:

Kenneth R. Shadrick

Units:

1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment

24th Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

Korean War