The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard Carlton Wormwood
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 23 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
May 18, 1951
Corporal Wormwood was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951. He was presumed dead on February 19, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.