The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William G. Griffith
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 3 BN 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 1, 1950
Corporal Griffith was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 19, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner while on the march near Manpo, North Korea on November 1, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.