The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Petroff
Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
D CO 38 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 11, 1952
Sergeant Petroff was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on May 18, 1951 and died while a prisoner on February 11, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.