Francis J. Dunn

Korean War
Service #12115873
UnitA CO 19 INF 24 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathOctober 27 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Good Conduct Medal (Army)
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Corporal Dunn was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Ribbon, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Dunn was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died as a prisoner at the "Cornfield" near Manpo, North Korea on October 27, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.