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Irvin Wilbur Pittman
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Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 3 BN 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 7, 1950
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Sergeant Pittman was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was killed by a guard during the march from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 7, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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