His division, an Oklahoma National Guard unit, was called to active duty in September 1950 and trained at Camp Polk, La., and on Hokkaido, Japan. The division arrived in Korea last December.
Sgt. Hough, who had been in Korea since November 1951, was communications chief in the 179th Infantry Regiment's Tank Company.
A 1951 graduate of Purdue University, he entered the Army in January of that year. Sgt. Hough is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hale of near Lowell and is well known here.
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