Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan Park

This park, located in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, New York, is named for a native of New Dorp Beach. At eighteen, he joined the Army and was called to serve in the Korean War in Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Shortly after arriving in South Korea, his truck convoy was ambushed and he was taken prisoner. Along with over 800 other prisoners, he was part of the Tiger Death March, a brutal, nine-day trek during which their captors killed an average of one man a day. Almost 100 American lives were taken during the march, including Cpl. Kivlehan's. He died on November 3, 1950, at the age of just eighteen. Cpl. Kivlehan was the first Staten Islander to die in the war. His remains have not yet been returned to his family. Corporal Kivlehan was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.