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Joseph Stephen Oaks
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
September 28, 1950
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Corporal Oaks 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 at Manpo, North Korea on September 28, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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