De Soto High School
• Class of 1950 •
Virgil
Lienemann
Nov. 6, 1932 • March 10, 1953
20 years, 4 months, 4 days
Sgt Lienemann entered the United States Marine Corps on
February 8, 1951 at age 19 and was a member of Charlie Company
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division deployed to Korea.
After less than three months in combat Sgt Lienemann and
his entire patrol were killed on a night mission. US hostilities ceased in Korea at the end of July, 1953. The 38th
parallel, then and now is the dividing line between North
and South Korea.
Written the day before his death
Map of The Furthest Advances
by North Korea and China
A Seesaw War
1The North Korean invaders pushed the South Korea and
American reinforcements south to Pusan. (August 5-September, 1950)
2 Landing at Inchon (September 15, 1950)
March 10, 1953
3 UN troops counterattacked and drove toward the Chinese
border at the Yalu River. (November 24, 1950)
4 China came to the aid of the North Koreans and forced the
allies back to South Korea. (January 24, 1951)
5 Finally, another American and UN counteroffensive
pushed the Chinese and North Koreans north to the 38th
parallel. Thus it ended about where it had begun. (June 15,
1951)
6 First Marine Division from Kobe, Japan
7 Seventh Army Division from Yokohama, Japan
8 Fifth Marine Regiment from Pusan, Korea
9 MacArthur’s Command Ship, Mt. McKinley from Sasebo,
Japan