The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
George Walter Kristanoff
Rank
Captain, U.S. Army
Unit
24 RCN CO 24 DIV
Date of Death
April 29, 1951
Captain Kristanoff was a member of the 24th Reconnaissance Company, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 19, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea on April 29, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.