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Will Henry Hester
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
M CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 30, 1950
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Private First Class Hester was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on November 30, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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