Legget, Raymond
Army Private 1st class

Raymond Legget, age 22, from Philadelphia County Pennsylvania.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Friday, August 11, 1950
Death details: On August 10, 1950, members of the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment combined with Battery C of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion as Task Force Bradley. The task force was directed to defend the city of P’ohang-dong, and Yonil Airfield, South Korea, from an impending attack by North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) forces. Late that day, Task Force Bradley moved along the main road toward P’ohang-dong and Yonil. Much of the task force reached Yonil shortly before midnight; however, during the early hours of August 11, NKPA fighters ambushed one company and four vehicles from Battery C were ambushed by NKPA fighters, preventing the ambushed men from reaching their destination.
Private First Class Raymond Leggett joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. His unit was among those assigned to Task Force Bradley. The men of I Company were sent to rescue the members of the task force who were ambushed on August 11; however, they also came under NKPA attack while on their way to aid their stranded comrades. It was during this fighting near P’ohang-dong that PFC Leggitt went missing. He was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted-for following the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Leggitt is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency