The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Duffield Franklin
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 19 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
June 6, 1951
Private First Class Franklin was a member of Company A, 1st 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 at An-Dong, North Korea on June 6, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.