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Sgt James Nelson Stryker
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Sgt James Nelson Stryker Veteran

Birth
West Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 May 1951 (aged 20)
South Korea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Courts of the Missing, Court 8 (Recovered)
Memorial ID
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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
THE KOREAN WAR HONOR ROLL
James N. Stryker
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Born 1931
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service Number 23815838
Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Died May 18, 1951 in Korea
Sergeant Stryker was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. For his leadership and valor, Sergeant Stryker was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, 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.

Korean War Project Rememberance
SGT JAMES NELSON STRYKER
BRONZE STAR
23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT
L CO 3 BN
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING (MIA)
REMAINS NOT RECOVERED
DATE OF LOSS: MAY 18, 1951
SERVICE NUMBER: US23815838
BORN: JANUARY 22, 1931
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
WEST NANTICOKE, PA
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: CHAUN-NI
Comments: Sergeant Stryker was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
FINAL DISPOSITION DATE: DECEMBER 31, 1953
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 29133
DNA Obtained
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
THE KOREAN WAR HONOR ROLL
James N. Stryker
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Born 1931
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service Number 23815838
Missing in Action - Presumed Dead
Died May 18, 1951 in Korea
Sergeant Stryker was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. For his leadership and valor, Sergeant Stryker was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, 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.

Korean War Project Rememberance
SGT JAMES NELSON STRYKER
BRONZE STAR
23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT
L CO 3 BN
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION
ARMY
HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING (MIA)
REMAINS NOT RECOVERED
DATE OF LOSS: MAY 18, 1951
SERVICE NUMBER: US23815838
BORN: JANUARY 22, 1931
HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
WEST NANTICOKE, PA
LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: CHAUN-NI
Comments: Sergeant Stryker was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 18, 1951. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
FINAL DISPOSITION DATE: DECEMBER 31, 1953
KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 29133
DNA Obtained

Inscription

" In these gardens are recorded the names of Americans who gave their lives in service of their country and whose earthly resting place is known only to God."

Gravesite Details

The Honolulu Memorial is a centoaph an "empty tomb". Individuals memorialized on the tablets are the missing in action, lost or buried at sea in the Pacific during WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam War, their remains never recovered.



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