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Louis Wilson Bratton
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
H CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
December 26, 1950
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Master Sergeant Bratton was a decorated veteran of World War II, serving as a commissioned officer. In Korea, he was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner on December 26, 1950 near Chunggang-jin, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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