CPL Lindsey Clayton Lockett

CPL Lindsey Clayton Lockett, was born September 10, 1926 in Richmond, Va. to the late Bayliss and Rebecca Lockett. Lindsey attended Richmond Public Schools, graduating from Maggie L. Walker High School. After graduation, he joined the United States Army Reserve, when he finished his duty with the reserve he obtained employment at McGuire Veterans Hospital. Lindsey's passion was styling hair, preferably women's hair, and he enrolled in Turpin's Barber and Beauty School. He continued working for McGuire Hospital during the week and on the weekends he would go to school. He graduated from Turpin. While attending Turpin Barber and Beauty School, he met the love of his life, Anna Wallace. In 1950, he received his orders to report for active duty to Korea. He told his commanding officer he wanted to get married and he was given three days after he returned home to get married. He and Anna planned their wedding and got married at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, where he was a member. Out of that union, they had a son. This was the last time he saw his wife and he did not get a chance to see his baby at all. CPL Lockett was a member of the 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. CPL Lockett's remains were later recovered and identified in 2014.

He had been missing for 64 years.

Corporal Lockett was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Corporal Lockett was preceded in death by his mother, father; and brother, Robert Lockett. He is survived by his wife, Anna Lockett Brown; son, Lindsey Lockett (Norma); brother, Charles Foster from British Columbia, Canada; grandson, Leonardo Lockett (Michelle); granddaughter, Natosha Tolliver; two great-grandchildren, Devin and Mikayla Lockett; and a host of cousins, devoted, Gladys Lewis; and other family members.

Funeral service will be held Saturday, April 11, 2015, at 11 a.m., at New Deliverance Evangelistic Church, 1701 Turner Rd., N. Chesterfield, Va. 23225.
Bishop Gerald Glenn officiating.

His final resting place will be Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Mimms Funeral Home, 1827 Hull St., Richmond, Va. 23221.

A special word of thanks to the Patriot Guard Riders and Jim "DaBears" McGinley YNC (SW) USN (Ret.) and company, along with the faithful men and women of the United States Military serving on behalf of CPL Lindsey Clayton Lockett.