The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Norman John Gressens
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
September 9, 1950
Sergeant Gressens was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Manpo, North Korea on September 9, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.