Ray Point

Picture of the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C.

Korean War
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Fallen

County:
Towner

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Master Sergeant
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    19th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    24th Infantry Division
    Major Battle/Theatre:
    European African Middle Eastern Theater
    Korea
    Conflicts Served:
    Korean War
    World War II (WWII)

Circumstances:

Killed in action in North Korea

Biography:

Master Sergeant Ray Point was born in Perth, ND on September 4, 1915, and was a resident of Towner County, ND when he entered the US Army in Ft Snelling, MD on April 4, 1939. During World War II he served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and he separated from the Army at Ft MacArthur, California on September 19, 1945, as a Technical Sergeant. 

He reentered the US Army on June 25, 1950, and served in Korea. While fighting the enemy in Korea he was killed in action on November 4, 1950.

He is buried in the Ft MacArthur Cemetery in San Pedro, California.