Sgt. 1st Class Rufus L. Ketchum was a medic with the Medical Detachment, Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 6, 1950. His remains were not recovered at the time. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Rufus L. Ketchum were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.