The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Archie J. Closson
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
M CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
March 21, 1951
Private First Class Closson was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on March 21, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.