The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Thomas Abbott Hume
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Unit
37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Death
July 31, 1951
Lieutenant Colonel Hume commanded the 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on July 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.