TYLER (VETERAN KOR KWP POW), CHARLES R - Randolph County, Arkansas | CHARLES R TYLER (VETERAN KOR KWP POW) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Charles R TYLER (VETERAN KOR KWP POW)

Harris Cemetery
Randolph County,
Arkansas

CORPORAL US Army
24 Infantry Division 34 Regiment 3 Battalilion Company L
Korea
January 23, 1931 - June 1951
Killed While Prisioner of War


Corporal Tyler 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 An-Dong, North Korea on June 14, 1951. Corporal Tyler was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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Contributed on 10/6/11 by olive.branch
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Submitted: 10/6/11 • Approved: 7/5/12 • Last Updated: 5/27/20 • R597586-G0-S3

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