The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Delmer Ray Ward
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 1 BN 19 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 16, 1950
Private First Class Ward was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to March to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died at Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 16, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.