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Andrew Fortuna

In Exile
Date of death:1984
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Kentucky
Time in Exile:
3 Years 4 Months 9 Days
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Andrew Fortuna

Biography

Andrew Fortuna was a U.S. Army sergeant from Greenup, Kentucky, who received two Bronze Stars before his capture in Korea. He became one of 21 American prisoners who refused repatriation and crossed into China on February 24, 1954. Fortuna returned to the United States on July 3, 1957.

Photo: Lois Mitchjeon / Associated Press, 1956; via Washington Area Spark. Original-image crop; identified by the source (leftmost of five men). Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/33632722178 . Copyright status unconfirmed; used for educational biographical identification at the site owner's direction. No permission or open license claimed.

Case

Charges: Declined repatriation to the United States after captivity in the Korean War; no criminal conviction resulted from that decision.
In exile since: Feb 24, 1954
Exile ended: Jul 3, 1957
Sentence: Dishonorably discharged by the U.S. Army after refusing repatriation and permitted to leave the neutral custody area for China.