Corporal William Franklin Lyell (Korea) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nashville.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Army, Company F, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, in recognition of gallantry and self-sacrifice near Chup'a-ri, Korea, August 31, 1951.   Corporal William Franklin “Frank” Lyell was born February 14, 1928, in Lyles, Tennessee, and grew up in Goodlettsville. After high school, he went to work at the DuPont Chemical plant in Rayon City and was drafted into the U.S. Army on November 29, 1950.  https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/william-f-lyell.
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