Alfred, Dan Oliver
Army Private 1st class

Dan Oliver Alfred from Kentucky, Kenton county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Monday, November 26, 1951
Death details: On November 26, 1951, a platoon-sized patrol composed of men from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment encountered a large force of enemy soldiers near Hill 1052 in the area of Huhang-gol, along the northern edge of the Punchbowl and in the northern section of the present day Demilitarized Zone. After a three-hour firefight, the patrol began a slow withdrawal, while under continued enemy fire, back towards friendly lines. On reaching base, a headcount revealed that fifteen patrol members were missing in action. That night a search party was dispatched to the area where the firefight had taken place and found one of the missing soldiers. The following day another search party located one other missing man. The remaining thirteen soldiers could not be accounted for.

Corporal Dan Oliver Alfred, who joined the U.S. Army from Kentucky, served with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was wounded by enemy fire and went missing during the November 26 patrol north of the Punchbowl. He did not return to base and several search parties were unable to locate him. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Corporal Alfred is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency