James Monroe Weaver

Korean War
Service #19360965
UnitB CO 31 INF 7 DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From California
Date of DeathNovember 30 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
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
Private First Class Weaver was awarded the Purple Heart, 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

Private First Class Weaver was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and was killed by the Chinese while trying to escape later that day. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.