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Richard Charles Heath
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 3 BN 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
March 18, 1951
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Master Sergeant Heath was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Initially listed as Missing in Action, it was determined he had been 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 Hanjang-ni, North Korea on March 18, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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