Moren, Andrew Jackson
Army Private

Andrew Jackson Moren, age 19, from Springdale, Arkansas, Benton county.

Parents: Alma F. Moren

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Private First Class Andrew Jackson Moren joined the U.S. Army from Arkansas and was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, Company M was near Unsan defending the 3rd Battalion Command Post when the Regiment was attacked by the enemy and forced to withdraw. The 3rd Battalion, the last unit in the withdrawal order, was completely cut off and surrounded and began building a defense perimeter. The command post was hit early in the engagement and the majority of the command group and staff were killed or wounded. The battalion held off several attacks before its members broke out or surrendered. Private First Class Moren became missing during the second day of this battle, though the specific circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown. He was never reported as a prisoner of war and his remains were not identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Private First Class Moren is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hope Star (1954)