Calcasieu County Louisiana Archives Military Records.....Korean War Casualties Korea ************************************************ 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 13, 2023, 4:54 pm Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Calcasieu 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 list 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 just the 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 CALCASIEU PARISH Name CHAISSON, Henry Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54004794 Birthdate 19250000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521024 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DEROUEN, Adam J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54051425 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511019 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DUHON, Alvin L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18283989 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500913 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FRANKLIN, Allen Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54051400 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511007 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FYFFE, Luke Cole Service AIR FORCE Rank/Rate 1LT SN AO1911339 Birthdate 19240502 Home of Record SULPHUR Death Date 19511024 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LANIER, Shelton Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1358856 Birthdate 19331224 Home of Record LAKE CHARLES Death Date 19530724 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LEDOUX, Wilton C. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18279139 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500901 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LEJEUNE, Warren Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18280422 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510422 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name LYLES, Paul E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18260186 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500716 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name PERRY, Jack L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 54009686 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521011 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name REED, Bazile Jr. Service [blank} Rank/Rate PFC SN 18277377 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record LAKE CHARLES Death Date 5-Nov-50 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name REEVES, Ernest Julius Jr. Service AIR FORCE Rank/Rate 1LT SN AO1908736 Birthdate 19260115 Home of Record LAKE CHARLES Death Date 19500930 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name SHAFER, Wylie Philip Service NAVY Rank/Rate HM SN 4201126 Birthdate 19320130 Home of Record WESTLAKE Death Date 19520528 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WESLING, Herman R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18279097 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510103 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/calcasieu/military/korea/other/koreanwa158gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb