Bird Hensley Jr. was born July 9, 1921 in Harlan Co, KY to Bird Hensley Sr and Elva Pace. Elva was a daughter of Simeon Pace and descended through Jesse Pace. Staff Sergeant Bird Hensley died on October 31, 1950 in Korea. He was taken a Prisoner of War while engaged with the enemy in Korea on July 10, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner during the march near Manpo, North Korea on Oct. 31, 1050. His remains were not recovered. For his leadership and valor, he was awarded the Bronz Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. In a correspondence with Jack Goodwin of Waco TX, a fellow P.O.W. on the same death march which totaled 800 men, I was told that 65% of our prisoners died from starvation. If anyone on the list has a picture of Bird, please forward me a copy so I can send it to Mr. Goodwin to be included in his book. Thank you. John Pace