Obituaries: M/Sgt. Robert Lee Hammond, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 1, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

Military Funeral Scheduled for R. L. Hammond

Reburial services for M/Sgt. Robert Lee Hammond, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Hammond of Winnfield, are scheduled here Saturday at 10:30 a.m.  M/Sgt.
Hammond was killed in action in Korea August 8, 1950.

Funeral services will be at 10 o'clock a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the First
Baptist Church, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.  An honor guard from
Company G, local National Guard company, will perform military funeral rites
at the graveside.

The body will be at the parents' home on N. Boundary until the funeral.

Pallbearers are to be members of the local VFW and American Legion posts.

M/Sgt. Hammons was a veteran of 13 years' service in the Army, having enlisted
in 1937.  He served in the European theater during World War Two and was
wounded while fighting in Holland.  After World War Two, he re-enlisted and
was sent to Japan, and later re-enlisted again, with service in Japan.

He was serving with Major General William Dean's 24th Infantry Division when
killed.

Survivors are his parents, his wife, the former Ernestine Fredericks; a
daughter, Connie Lee; one sister, Mrs. Edwin Poole; six brothers, Iris L.,
Leo, Dewey, Aubrey, Cloyce, and Tony.