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R. Maurice Metzcar
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 555 FA BN 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM
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Date of Death
September 28, 1951
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Captain Metzcar was a veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater. In Korea, he was the Battery Motor Transport Officer with Headquarters Battery, 555th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chongpyong, South Korea on April 25, 1951 and died while a prisoner on September 28, 1951 from malnutrition. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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