The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard J. Tugman
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 63 FA BN 24 DIV
Date of Death
December 31, 1950
Private First Class Tugman was a member of Headquarters Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Raejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 31, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.