Corp William Ray Sluss
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Corp William Ray Sluss Veteran

Birth
USA
Death
30 Apr 1951 (aged 21)
North Korea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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ABMC record:
"William Ray Sluss
Scott, Virginia
Born 1929
Corporal, U.S. Army
Service Number 13165734
Died while Prisoner of War
Died April 30, 1951 in Korea
Corporal Sluss was a member of Headquarters and Service Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Corporal Sluss was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, 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."


Corporal Sluss was a member of Headquarters and Service Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were recovered 60 years later and he was buried in Virginia in 2012.
ABMC record:
"William Ray Sluss
Scott, Virginia
Born 1929
Corporal, U.S. Army
Service Number 13165734
Died while Prisoner of War
Died April 30, 1951 in Korea
Corporal Sluss was a member of Headquarters and Service Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Corporal Sluss was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, 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."


Corporal Sluss was a member of Headquarters and Service Battery, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. His remains were recovered 60 years later and he was buried in Virginia in 2012.