James Francis Gendilo

Korean War
Service #13299759
UnitI CO 21 INF 24 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathNovember 4 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Gendilo was awarded 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 Gendilo was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was killed by a guard while a prisoner on the march near Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 4, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.