Memorial highway dedication for PFC Neil R. Scott set for March 31
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The Ohio Department of Transportation District 9 has announce a memorial highway dedication for U.S. Army PFC Neil R. Scott.
Born in Hillsboro in 1932, Scott died while a prisoner of war on Jan. 5, 1951 in Korea.
Scott was a medic with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. As a member of Task Force Smith, he was taken Prisoner of War while tending to his wounded comrades in South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the Tiger Death March, and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on Jan. 5, 1951. His remains were never recovered.
Scott was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and a Purple Heart.
On Veterans Day 2016, members of the Scott family accepted a posthumous Hillsboro High School diploma on Neil Scott's behalf.
The memorial highway dedication will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 31 on S.R. 124 just west of Moore Road close to the Hillsboro corporation limit near Crestwood Nursing Center.
– Special thanks to Denver Conley, Kevin Barreras and Kathleen Fuller
Born in Hillsboro in 1932, Scott died while a prisoner of war on Jan. 5, 1951 in Korea.
Scott was a medic with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. As a member of Task Force Smith, he was taken Prisoner of War while tending to his wounded comrades in South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the Tiger Death March, and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on Jan. 5, 1951. His remains were never recovered.
Scott was awarded the Combat Medical Badge, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and a Purple Heart.
On Veterans Day 2016, members of the Scott family accepted a posthumous Hillsboro High School diploma on Neil Scott's behalf.
The memorial highway dedication will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 31 on S.R. 124 just west of Moore Road close to the Hillsboro corporation limit near Crestwood Nursing Center.
– Special thanks to Denver Conley, Kevin Barreras and Kathleen Fuller