The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Arturo Cantu
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
January 8, 1951
Master Sergeant Cantu was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on January 8, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.