Edward Wiley Maynard

Korean War
Service #O-1184546
UnitHQ BTRY 63 FA BN 24 DIV
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 30 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
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
For his leadership and valor, Captain Maynard was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, 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

Captain Maynard was an aerial observer with Headquarters Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 14, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea on June 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.