The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Junior Burns
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 23 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
July 31, 1951
Corporal Burns was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on May 2, 1951 and died while a prisoner on July 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.