The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Douglas Richard Anderson
Rank
Captain, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
September 30, 1951
Captain Anderson was a doctor 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 at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on September 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.