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On December 22, 1950, seven members of Company B, 198th Tank Battalion, Mississippi National Guard, were killed in an explosion and fire at the Booneville Armory while preparing for active duty. Their deaths are considered the first domestic casualties of the Korean War.
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Booneville, Mississippi · United States
