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Howard John Shackelford
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 24 INF 25 DIV
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Date of Death
November 2, 1950
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Corporal Shackelford was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 14, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner during the march from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 2, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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