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Lester V. Barchesky
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Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
D BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
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Date of Death
February 17, 1951
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Sergeant First Class Barchesky was a member of Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on February 17, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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