Hayman, James Rudolph
Army Private 1st class

James Rudolph Hayman from Florida, Hillsborough county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, October 28, 1950
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Corporal James Rudolph Hayman, who joined the U.S. Army from Florida, served with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12, as his unit engaged the North Korean People’s Army near Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died en route of malnutrition and pneumonia on or about October 28 at a temporary camp called “the Cornfield,” outside of Manpo. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Hayman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency