The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Walter J. Pastuszek
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
December 17, 1950
Private First Class Pastuszek was a medic with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 17, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.