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Cordus Hamilton Thornton
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 1, 1950
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First Lieutenant Thornton was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 15, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was shot to death by North Korean major during the march from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 1, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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