James Thomas McIntyre from Indiana, Floyd county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, December 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 Thomas McIntyre, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11 as his unit fought delaying actions between Pyongtaek and Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died of malnutrition and pneumonia at the camp near Hanjang-ni on December 28, 1950. Although he was buried on a hillside overlooking the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal McIntyre is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
