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DeWitt William Johnson
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
MORTAR CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
December 30, 1951
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Corporal Johnson was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 6, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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