Gilberto L. Sanchez

Korean War
Service #18223920
UnitMED CO 32 INF 7 DIV
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathDecember 2 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
MED CO 32 INF 7 DIV
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant Sanchez was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Sergeant Sanchez was a medic with the Medical Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. PFC Sanchez's remains have been recovered and identified in 2014. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.