The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Elmer Gene Richard
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
A BTRY 48 FA BN 7 DIV
Date of Death
September 30, 1951
Private First Class Richard was a member of Battery A, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 5, 1950 and died while a prisoner on September 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.