The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
George L. Cheatem
Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 25, 1951
Sergeant First Class Cheatem 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 February 25, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.