The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Robert Walter Howard
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 38 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
July 31, 1951
Sergeant Howard was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy on Hill 1051, South Korea on May 18, 1951. He died during a march to a temporary POW camp from malnutrition on July 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.