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Kermit Karl Koch
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
May 3, 1951
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Private First Class Koch was a medic with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died as a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea on May 3, 1951 from malnutrition. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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