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Michael Charles Fastner
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 9 INF 2 DIV
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Date of Death
February 28, 1951
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Master Sergeant Fastner was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded while defending his position on the Naktong River in South Korea on September 2, 1950 and returned to duty October 17, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War while delaying the Chinese forces near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died at Prison Camp 5 on the south bank of the Yalu River on February 28, 1951 from exposure and malnutrition. His remains were recovered on December 5, 1993 and identified on March 3, 2011. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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