Elwyn Dean Nordyke

Korean War
Service #19322551
Unit7th Medical Battalion, 7th Infantry Division
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathJuly 6 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant Nordyke was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, 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
Sergeant Nordyke was a medic with Headquarters Company, 7th Medical Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in Korea on November 28, 1950 and died while a prisoner on July 6, 1951. His remains were not recovered.