The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Patrick Holencik
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 19 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
March 16, 1951
Corporal Holencik was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on March 16, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.