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Walter Elijah Thomas
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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
November 4, 1950
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Private First Class Thomas 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 was killed by his guards while on the march from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 4, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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