The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Phillip Pernell
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
May 13, 1951
Corporal Pernell 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 February 14, 1951 and died while a prisoner on May 13, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.