Last Primary MOS
1965-Wheel Vehicle Repair Foreman
Last MOS Group
Ordnance
Service Years
1949 - 1955
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Cold War Certificate
Golden Dragon Certificate
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Personal Details
Home State
West Virginia
Year of Birth 1930
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to remember
Fillinger, Homer (Uncle Snuff), SSG.
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Contact Info
Home Town Crawley Creek, West Virginia
Last Address Bunnell, Florida
Date of Passing Feb 05, 2008
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Last Known Activity:
Retired as a heavy industrial welder in Kissimmee, Florida circa 1992. Maintained the Ponderosa Trailer Park for the Fillinger Family in Korona, FL. Passed away at home in Bunnell, Florida from cancer on February 5, 2008.
Other Comments:
He was a Korean War veteran who fought with the 187th Regimental Combat Team (Airborne). Uncle Snuff was a very private man who never discussed his service except with the Family's veterans, and even then, he was guarded concerning his service in Korea. No one knew he had won two Bronze Stars during the Korean War, and when that came to light during his funeral, a quiet "I'll be damned" rose from the Family's veterans, almost in unison (they still chuckle about that at family functions today).
Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)/Battle of Imjin River
From Month/Year
April / 1951
To Month/Year
April / 1951
Description The Battle of the Imjin River, also known as the Battles of Solma-ri or Battle of Gloster Hill in South Korea, or as Battle of Xuemali, took place 22–25 April 1951 during the Korean War. Troops from the Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked United Nations (UN) positions on the lower Imjin River in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough and recapture the South Korean capital Seoul. The attack was part of the Chinese Fifth Phase Campaign, also known as the Chinese Spring Offensive, the aim of which was to regain the initiative on the battlefield after a successful UN counter-offensive in March 1951 had allowed UN forces to establish themselves beyond the 38th parallel at Line Kansas.
The section of the UN line where the battle took place was defended primarily by British forces of the 29th Infantry Brigade, consisting of three British and one Belgian infantry battalions (Belgian United Nations Command) supported by tanks and artillery. Despite facing a greatly superior enemy numerically, the brigade held its general positions for three days. When the units of the 29th Infantry Brigade were ultimately forced to fall back, their actions in the Battle of the Imjin River together with those of other UN forces, for example in the Battle of Kapyong, had blunted the impetus of the Chinese offensive and allowed UN forces to retreat to prepared defensive positions north of Seoul, where the Chinese were halted.