The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Allen Machen
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
I CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 4, 1950
Corporal Machen was a member of Company I, 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 was killed by a guard during 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.