The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Jerry C. Christensen
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ CO 34 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
December 10, 1950
Master Sergeant Christensen was a member of Headquarters Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in 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 December 10, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.