The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Louis Boone
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 63 FA BN 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 30, 1950
Private First Class Boone was a member of Headquarters Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 14, 1950. He was shot and killed by his guards during the "Tiger Death March" near Chasong Pass in the Apex area on November 30, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.