The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ray Arnold York
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
A CO 5 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Date of Death
October 20, 1950
Corporal York was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 25, 1950. He was reportedly murdered in a tunnel near Sunchon, North Korea on October 20, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.