The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Jose Francisco Burset-Melendez
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
K CO 65 INF 3 DIV
Date of Death
September 24, 1952
Private First Class Burset-Melendez was a Light Weapons Infantryman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy at "Outpost Kelly" near the Imjin River in North Korea on September 24, 1952. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.