The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Eugene Howard Putney
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 38 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
June 1, 1951
Sergeant Putney was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 12, 1951 and died as a prisoner on June 1, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.