Willie Rowe

Korean War
Service #13166400
UnitL CO 9 INF 2 DIV
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathJanuary 20 1951
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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L CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Combat Infantryman Badge
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Silver Star
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Sergeant Rowe was awarded the Silver Star, the Combat Infantryman 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.
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Sergeant Rowe was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on November 25, 1950 and died while a prisoner on January 20, 1951. His remains were not recovered at the time. In May 2005 the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (a predecessor to DPAA) Central Identification laboratory received and accessioned recovered remains from a site south of the Pukchin-Tarigol POW Camp Cluster. In 2017, he was identified using DNA analysis and circumstantial evidence. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
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