Korean War
Service # | 15420142 |
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Unit | HQ CO 1 BN 32 INF 7 DIV |
Rank | Corporal U.S. Army |
Date of Death | February 28 1951 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Honolulu Memorial |
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Archer was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Archer was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 2, 1950 and died while a prisoner on February 28, 1951. is name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. CPL Archer's remains have been recovered and identified.