The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Allen Martin
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
D CO 19 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
July 31, 1951
Sergeant Martin was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at An-Dong, North Korea on July 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.