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Raymond Mendoza Moreno
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
I CO 21 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
May 17, 1951
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Corporal Moreno was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War on July 12, 1950 while fighting a delaying action between Pyongtaek and Chochiwon, South Korea. He was taken north during the "Tiger Death March" to the south bank of the Yalu River. He died at An-Dong on May 17, 1951 from malnutrition. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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