Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameWayne Burton MACOMBER 
, M
, MBirth10 May 1918, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas
Death31 Jul 1951, North Korea
BurialWashington, District Of Columbia
FatherGeorge B MACOMBER , M
Misc. Notes
Wayne B. Macomber
Oakland, California
Born 1918
Captain, U.S. Army
Service Number O-1287913
Died while Prisoner of War
Died July 31, 1951 in Korea
Captain Macomber was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner on July 31, 1951 at An-Dong, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. For his leadership and valor, Captain Macomber was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Oakland, California
Born 1918
Captain, U.S. Army
Service Number O-1287913
Died while Prisoner of War
Died July 31, 1951 in Korea
Captain Macomber was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 16, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner on July 31, 1951 at An-Dong, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. For his leadership and valor, Captain Macomber was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal