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Gilbert L. Pettis
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
October 31, 1950
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Corporal Pettis was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died enroute from Manpo to Chunggang-jin on October 31, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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