Acadia County Louisiana Archives Military Records.....Korean War Casualties - Acadia Parish Korea U. S. Military ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bryant Walker http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005835 May 11, 2023, 4:32 pm Korean War Casualties - Acadia Parish U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Acadia Parish, Louisiana Transcribed and Submitted by Bryant W. Walker, 2023 Korean War timeline June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953 The Korean problems that led to a war actually began at the end of WWII when Korea was divided into two countries with the 38th parrallel as the dividing line between North and South Korea. North Korea, with approval of Russia and China, invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950 and proceeded to take the capital of Seoul. A UN resolution to support South Korea was passed and UN troops began to arrive in South Korea in September, 1950 which was the beginning of the U. S. involvement in the war. The war continued until July 27, 1953 when a truce was established that included the 38th parallel as the border between the two countries. There are 651 known casualties from Louisiana in the Korean War. I have transcribed two separate lists of Louisiana Casualties and combined the information for the LAGenWeb. The lists were about 95% identical, but each had some casualties that did not appear on the second list as well as differences in the information presented. One list, the "Korean War Extract Data File, as of April 29, 2008, of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Files, part of Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense", did not include casualties that were not combat related and did not indicate the cause of death. The second list recorded more casualties than the first list and was extracted from NARA records. The did not include a birth date or the branch of service, but did include the person's serial number, cities or towns of origin instead of parish and the cause of death. It has been a difficult task combining the two lists into a useful document for researchers, but I hope that it provides informative data for the family researchers who had a family member that died in the Korean War. Bryant Walker ACADIA PARISH Name BOUDREAUX. Amos Jules Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate CPL SN 1220812 Birthdate 19310131 Home of Record CHURCH POINT Death Date 19520415 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LAFLEUR. Charles S. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18398169 Birthdate 19340000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521004 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LEJEUNE. Kermit Joseph Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18278472 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MECHE. Wilson Mark Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1221020 Birthdate 19310325 Home of Record ESTHERWOOD Death Date 19521006 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MENARD. Edward Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18395291 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511010 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MIER. Ernest Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18278503 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500906 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MYERS. Paul H. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 54000415 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510907 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name SMITH. Lawrence James Service ARMY Rank/Rate SFC SN 38487422 Birthdate 19250000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510212 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name SONNIER. Louis Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18284007 Birthdate 19330000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name TRAHAN. Daniel Joseph Service ARMY Rank/Rate MSGT SN 38616842 Birthdate 19260000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510423 Recovered N Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name VERRET. Howard P. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18283864 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501111 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/acadia/military/korea/other/uusmilita149gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb