KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

CPT James Cornelius Ruddell Jr

Distinguished Service Cross
19th Infantry Regiment
HQ CO 1 BN
Army
Hostile, Died While Captured (POW)
Remains Not Recovered
Date Of Loss: July 16, 1950
Service Number: O-0057177
Born: August 25, 1926
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Corregidor - Luzon, Philippines
Location Or Battle Zone: Kum River
Burial Location
Arlington National Cemetery - Memorial

Comments: USMA Class of 1948, Captain Ruddell was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while defending Taejon, South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on January 21, 1951. His remains were not recovered. 1ST BN. He was born in the Philippines.

Husband of Yvette LaVarre Ruddell. Father of James Cornelius Ruddell III. Son of Colonel James C. Ruddell, a career Army officer, and a member and President of the War Crimes Court in Bavaria after World War II.

Final Disposition Date: February 28, 1951
Korean War Project Key No: 25967

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CORREGIDOR - LUZON, PHILIPPINES

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