The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Baron
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 3 BN 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
January 25, 1951
Corporal Baron was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy 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 January 25, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.