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Wilbur Barlett Colford
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
October 31, 1950
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Private First Class Colford was a member of the 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at the "Cornfield" south of Manpo, North Korea on October 31, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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