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Joseph Kahaunani Kekoa
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
I CO 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
September 26, 1950
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Private First Class Kekoa was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Manpo, North Korea on September 26, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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