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Calvin A. Van Winkle
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
February 16, 1951
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Private First Class Van Winkle was a member of the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on February 16, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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