The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Nicholas J. Hansinger
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
October 28, 1950
Private First Class Hansinger was a medic with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at the "Cornfield" near at Manpo, North Korea on October 28, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.