Donald Arthur Therkelsen

Korean War
Service #55238398
UnitMED CO 15 INF 3 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathJuly 17 1953
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Silver Star
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Corporal Therkelsen was awarded the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, 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
Corporal Therkelsen was a medic with the Medical Company, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on July 17, 1953. CPL Therkelsen's remains have been recovered and identified. 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.