Staff Sergeant Henry McNair, born in Dillon, South Carolina, completed the seventh grade before joining the Marine Corps in 1945. He served with the 52nd Defense Battalion in occupied Saipan and Guam. A career Marine, he saw combat during the Korean War in both the Inchon and Chosin Reservoir campaigns and in Vietnam. Upon retirement he resided in Jacksonville, North Carolina, until his death in 2006.
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