The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Dewitt R. Smith
Rank
Captain, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 503 FA BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 28, 1951
Captain Smith was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died as a prisoner on February 28, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.