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PFC Charles Robert Lee Oltman

63rd Field Artillery Battalion (105MM)
HQ BTRY
Army
Hostile, Died While Captured (POW)
Remains Not Recovered
Date Of Loss: July 14, 1950
Service Number: RA17231020
Born: April 11, 1930
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Springfield, Missouri
Location Or Battle Zone: Samgyo-Ri

Comments: Private First Class Oltman was a member of Headquarters Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy along the Kum River, South Korea on July 14, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on January 28, 1951. His remains were not recovered.

Nephew of C. E. Townes and Della Mae Townes.

Final Disposition Date: January 28, 1951
Korean War Project Key No: 22353

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