The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Jack Hugh Winchester
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Date of Death
January 15, 1953
During the Korean War Private First Class Winchester was a member of Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division deployed at Camp Drum in upstate New York for winter parachute training. On January 15 1953, he was charge-of-quarters at an office building that caught fire. He was not able to escape safely.