The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Elwood Fern
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
December 31, 1950
Corporal Fern was a member of Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on December 31, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.