Woodworth, Richard Arthur, M/SGT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Master Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last MOS
1821-Supply Sergeant Unit

Last MOS Group
Quartermaster

Primary Unit
1951-1951, 1821, B Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion

Service Years
1945 - 1951

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1925

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Casualty Info

Home Town Los Angeles	Last Address Los Angeles

Casualty Date May 31, 1951
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity	Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Korea, North	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1951, Korean War Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1951-1951, 1821, 2nd Infantry Division
	1951-1951, 1821, B Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1946-1947 US Occupation of Japan
	1951-1951 Korean War/First UN Counteroffensive (1951)
	1951-1951 Korean War/CCF Spring Offensive (1951)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Master Sergeant Woodworth was a member of Battery B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hoengsong, South Korea on February 13, 1951 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered.