The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Reuben McGill
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
December 18, 1950
Private First Class McGill was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. As a member of "Task Force Smith", he was taken Prisoner of War while defending his position two miles north of Osan, South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 18, 1950 from malnutrition and exposure to extremely low temperatures. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.