Name:
Morris Allums
Rank:
Master Sergeant
Serial Number:
14035656
Unit:
2nd Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1951-01-31
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Court 4
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Prisoner of War Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Republic of Korea War Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal
Comments:
Morris Allums was born on August 21, 1910, in Walker County, Alabama. He served in Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Master Sergeant and Mess Steward during the Korean War.
MSgt Allums was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Chongchon River near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950, and died while a prisoner on January 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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