Ring, Emmett Weaver
Army Private

Emmett Weaver Ring, age 21, from Fairfield, Connecticut, Fairfield county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Wednesday, July 8, 1953
Death details: On July 6, 1953, a large Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) unit attacked and overran the U.S. Army outposts on Pork Chop Hill in an attempt to seize whatever territory possible before the impending armistice agreement. After fighting for the position for four days, on July 10, the 7th Infantry Division Commander determined that the CCF disregard for casualties and desire to hold the outpost outweighed the position’s tactical value, and ordered a withdrawal that was eventually completed on July 11. The U.S. never again controlled Pork Chop Hill, preventing thorough recovery efforts for those who were killed or went missing during the fighting. Private First Class Emmett Weaver Ring, who joined the U.S. Army from Connecticut, served with the Medical Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On July 8, he was killed in action by an enemy artillery shell as he and a rifleman carried a wounded soldier on a litter. Conditions on the battlefield prevented the immediate recovery of his body, and U.S. forces did not regain control of the area where he fell. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Ring is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency