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Otis Wayne Loomis
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Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
December 25, 1950
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Sergeant First Class Loomis was a veteran of World War II, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division. In Korea, he was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy at the "Kum River Line" in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on December 25, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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