Born: November 18, 1920 Sergeant, United States Army Service# RA33213818
8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION
Home or Place of Enlistment: Weiser, Idaho Died/POW: April 22, 1951
Sergeant Begley was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken prisoner while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and died while a Prisoner of War on April 22, 1951.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
By Order of the Secretary of the Army, the Presidential Unit Citation has been awarded by the President of the Republic of Korea to:
FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY
CITATION: For the defense of Taegu and Waeg-wan-Taugu axis of the enemy’s advance from 16 August to 25 August 1950 and from 5 September to 15 September 1950 against determined and repeated enemy attack; and for its destruction of these same enemy forces in the Waegwan area from 16 September to 21 September 1950 and for its subsequent pursuit and destruction of the enemy from Waegwan to its juncture with the U.S. 7th Division north of Osan on 26 September 1950. This marked and brilliant performance of duty by each individual member of the First Cavalry Division of the United States Army is in accord with the highest traditions of military service.