Karl L. Dye

Korean War
Service #15293062
UnitB BTRY 52 FA BN 24 DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathJuly 16 1950
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Dye was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes

Private First Class Dye was a member of Battery B, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Dye were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.