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Richard Francis Sloat
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MORTAR CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
September 28, 1950
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Private First Class Sloat was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 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 on September 28, 1950 at Manpo, Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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