The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ernest T. Socha
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Date of Death
March 31, 1951
Corporal Socha was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and died while a prisoner on March 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.