Srogoncik, George James
Army Private 1st class

George James Srogoncik from Pennsylvania, Westmoreland county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, July 8, 1951
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 George James Srogoncik joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of L Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by North Korean forces during the action around Chochiwon. Following his capture, he was marched to the “Apex Camps” in the northern part of North Korea, near the Yalu River. Corporal Srogoncik died of illness at one of the Apex Camps on July 8, 1951. His remains have not been recovered or identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Corporal Srogoncik is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency