The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Philip K. Sesler
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 3 ENGR CMBT BN 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 15, 1950
Corporal Sesler was a member of Company C, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 15, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.