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Gene Austin Sanders
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Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Unit
C CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 1, 1950
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Private Sanders was a member of Company C, 1st 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 was killed by his guard while marching from Manpo to Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 1, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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