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William F. Jester
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 3 BN 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
May 26, 1951
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First Lieutenant Jester was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy 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 An-Dong, North Korea on May 26, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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