The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Michael William Flaherty
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
H CO 2 ENGR CMBT BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
January 23, 1951
Corporal Flaherty was a member of Company H, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950 and returned to duty on October 10, 1950. 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 January 23, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.