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James Robert Mellinger
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 3, 1950
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Corporal Mellinger 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 during the march between Manpo and Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 3, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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