Benjamin Sams Lancaster
1950
Textile Manufacturing
Cadet Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Second Lieutenant, Honors, The Tiger Staff
Union County
Parents - Boyce Pittman and Alice Littlejohn Sams Lancaster
Army, First Lieutenant
Company B, 72nd Medium Tank Battalion, 2nd infantry Division
Purple Heart, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Oct 1, 1928
Oct 10, 1951
First Lieutenant Lancaster was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea. His remains were not recovered.
There is a memorial marker for him at Littlejohn Cemetery in Jonesville, SC. He is also memorialized in the Courts of the Missing, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and at the National Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Personal Remembrances
BEN WAS A CADET AT CLEMSON WITH ME. KNEW HIM WELL.-WE WERE BOTH ASKED TO GO TO GERMANY OR FIGHT-WE CHOSE LIKE A GOOD SOLDIER-THOSE THAT WENT GERMANY ARE YOUR FIELD OFFICERS AND GENERALS- THE HIGHEST RANK OF THE GOOD SOLDIERS ARE 1ST LT OR KIA- BEN WAS A GOOD SOLDIER AND I REMEMBER HIM AS A BRAVE SOLDIER THE WORLD LOST A FINE PERSON
Clearance Sperry - Clemson College 1950 Classmate
Additional Information
Benjamin Lancaster was in the 72nd Tank Battalion attached to the 2nd Infantry Division when he was killed. This places him at Heartbreak Ridge west of the Punchbowl. (Comment provided by Merry Helm)
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Courts of the Missing, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Memorial Marker, Littlejohn Cemetery, Jonesville, SC
National Korean War Memorial, Washington, DC