The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
George T. Kitchens
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
October 18, 1950
Private First Class Kitchens was a member of Headquarters Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Kosan-jin, North Korea on October 18, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.