Donald Richard Sturm

Korean War
Service #16235126
UnitC CO 19 INF 24 DIV
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathApril 30 1951
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant First Class Sturm was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, 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 First Class Sturm was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 4, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. His remains were later recovered and identified in 2014.
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.