The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Luis Amparo Mendez-Hernandez
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 65 INF 3 DIV
Date of Death
July 19, 1952
Sergeant Mendez-Hernandez was a Light Weapons Infantry Platoon Sergeant in Company C, 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on July 19, 1952. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.