John Roedel Dunn

In Exile
Date of birth:29. 06. 1928
Date of death:1996
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Pennsylvania
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John Roedel Dunn

Biography

John Roedel Dunn was a U.S. Army corporal from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and one of 21 American Korean War prisoners who refused repatriation. He crossed into China on February 24, 1954. Dunn married a Czechoslovak woman while in China and moved with her to Czechoslovakia in December 1959, continuing his exile outside the United States. He died in Slovakia in 1996.

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: December 1959
Sentence: Dishonorably discharged by the U.S. Army after refusing repatriation and permitted to leave the neutral custody area for China.

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