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This East Gulf (Raleigh County) native, while serving as a sergeant with the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Army Infantry Division, was killed while leading his troops up Hill 543 near Chipo-ri, Korea, on 1 June 1952. A bridge on I-77 in Mercer County is named in his honor.
For more information, see the e-WV entry on Cornelius H. Charlton.
