The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Murel Russell Mott
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 3 ENGR CMBT BN 24 DIV
Date of Death
October 14, 1950
Private First Class Mott was a member of Company C, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died at Kosan-jin, North Korea on October 14, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.