Denofio, Harry R.
Army Private 1st class

Harry R. Denofio from New Jersey, Cumberland county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Monday, November 27, 1950
Death details: By November 24, 1950, the 25th Infantry Division had pushed far into North Korea and was just beginning to experience resistance from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). Division commanders organized Task Force Dolvin (soon renamed Task Force Wilson) to attack along a road axis in the center of the Division sector and later to establish defensive positions north of the town of Ipsok. During the night of the 26th, the CCF attacked the Task Force and infiltrated its lines at several points, threatening but failing to seize the artillery. The Task Force began its withdrawal south the following day. Corporal Harry Robert De Nofio entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On November 27, CPL De Nofio went missing in action as his company fought to take a CCF-held hill so that Task Force Wilson elements could pass through Ipsok. He was not seen or heard from again, and was never reported as a prisoner of war. Corporal De Nofio’s remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal De Nofio is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency