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SGT Elwood Montague Truslow
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SGT Elwood Montague Truslow

Birth
Batesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
31 Dec 1950 (aged 20)
North Korea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing, Court 8 (Recovered)
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Sergeant Truslow was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy east of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea on December 12, 1950. He was wounded in the leg and last seen being taken to the battalion aid station. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Sergeant Truslow was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Sergeant Elwood M. Truslow, 20, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 7, 2021. Also see National Korean War Veterans Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 118963550.
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His remains have been identified and he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on April 22.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virginia-native-missing-in-action-korean-war-soldier-laid-to-rest-over-70-years-later/ar-AAWgzma?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8152357f59dd41d687a93e2dcbb5e046
Contributor: Vickie McKinley (49591738)
Sergeant Truslow was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy east of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea on December 12, 1950. He was wounded in the leg and last seen being taken to the battalion aid station. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Sergeant Truslow was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Sergeant Elwood M. Truslow, 20, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for June 7, 2021. Also see National Korean War Veterans Memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 118963550.
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His remains have been identified and he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on April 22.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virginia-native-missing-in-action-korean-war-soldier-laid-to-rest-over-70-years-later/ar-AAWgzma?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8152357f59dd41d687a93e2dcbb5e046
Contributor: Vickie McKinley (49591738)

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SGT, 31 INF, 7 INF DIV KOREA

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