branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
20px china 2004 vandergrift , pennsylvania united ; 1953-2004 -rrb- states -lrb- until 1953 -rrb- china -lrb- defector world war ii 1922 lao wen 25px private james veneris
 james george veneris
james veneris

james george veneris -lrb- 1922 -- 2004 -rrb- , was an american soldier during the korean war , who was captured by the chinese and one of 21 us soldiers at the end of the war who decided they would rather stay in china than return to the us .
