Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan Park

Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan Park. New Dorp Beach Park. , This park commemorates Staten Island resident Corporal Allan Francis Kivlehan (1932-1950), who was raised in the local New Dorp Beach neighborhood and died at the age of eighteen, while serving this country in the Korean War., Kivlehan grew up on nearby Maple Terrace and attended local schools, Public School 41 and the old New Dorp High School on Clawson Street. Upon graduating high school, Kivlehan joined the army and was stationed in Japan. He served in the Korean War (1950-1953) as a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division. Kivlehan was captured as a prisoner of war on July 19, 1950, when his truck convoy was ambushed just south of Taejon, South Korea. Kivlehan was forced to march toward North Korea in what would become known as the "Tiger Death March" and was shot and killed on November 3, 1950. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal., This site was dedicated to honor Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan on September 23, 2011. Along with this park, a Greenstreet, a local chapter of the Korean War Veteran Association and Public School 6 in Richmond Valley are dedicated to his memory.