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Elva Lewis Keopke
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
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Date of Death
April 30, 1951
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Master Sergeant Keopke was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 8, 1950 and returned to duty on September 17, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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