Thomas M. Manross

Korean War
Service #13285621
UnitG CO 19 INF 24 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathNovember 14 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
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
Combat Infantryman Badge
Corporal Manross 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 Manross was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner on November 14, 1950 at Chunggang-jin, Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.