Overrun by enemy forces, Marine Sgt. Harold “Speedy” Wilson wouldn’t give up.

Under intense enemy fire, he assisted survivors back to friendly lines and resupplied ammunition to the front.

After being shot twice, he refused medical attention and continued to resupply his men.

He sustained several more injuries from mortar fire.

Unable to use either arm, he again refused medical attention and continued resupplying his men.

Only after the battle was over, he walked a half mile, unassisted, for medical treatment.

He received the Medal of Honor for heroism and actions in April 1951 in the Korean War.

Wilson passed away March 29, 1998, of cancer.

But his Marine buddies have not forgotten the promise they made to him.

The Lexington Marine Corps League gathered Saturday morning at his grave at Woodridge Memorial Park on Corley Mill Road in Lexington.

Each year the league honors their promise to meet at his grave every Memorial day weekend.

“We made a promise to him that we would have a beer with him every year,” League Commandant Beulah Scott told ColaDaily.com.

“We are honored and proud to do this.”

Scouts of America troop 307, Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, placed flags on veterans’ graves.

Wilson’s son John, a retired US Army veteran, called his father a quiet man who never wanted fame.