The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Billy Gene McCormick
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
November 6, 1950
Private First Class McCormick was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 15, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and was killed by a guard during the march between Manpo and Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 6, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.