The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Lester Henry Diekmann
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 52 FA BN 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 29, 1950
Sergeant Diekmann was a member of Headquarters Battery, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in Korea on July 5, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on November 29, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.