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Irvin Kelly Skeens
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Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Unit
L CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
March 20, 1951
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Private Skeens 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 at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on March 20, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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