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Anthony Leo Knapke
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Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 4, 1950
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Sergeant Knapke was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Headquarters Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was killed by a guard on the march between Manpo and Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 4, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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