The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Rayfield Alfred Trexler
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
MORTAR CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 2, 1950
Corporal Trexler 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 a guard during the march from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 2, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.