DeSoto 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 16, 2023, 9:28 pm Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - DeSoto 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 DESOTO PARISH Name BARNETT, Earl J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54085022 Birthdate 19330000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19530417 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name BOUNDS, Travis Owsley Service ARMY Rank/Rate SFC SN 18272617 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501203 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ESTES, Thomas C. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18272312 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500716 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name FRANKLIN, Rayfus Service ARMY Rank/Rate MSGT SN 34232977 Birthdate 19110000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501201 Recovered N Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name HARRIS, Floyd Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1072077 Birthdate 19300830 Home of Record LOGANSPORT Death Date 19500924 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LOWE, John L. Jr. Service NAVY Rank/Rate BT3 SN 6459068 Birthdate 19260316 Home of Record LOGANSPORT Death Date 19510612 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MCMILLON, Robert R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54067462 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521024 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name RUTHERFORD, Daniel Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18274606 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500903 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name THOMAS, Phillip Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 38330939 Birthdate 19210000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500903 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WIGGINS, H. P. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18281363 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500909 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name JOHNSON, Walter Fair Service [blank} Rank/Rate PFC SN 54062191 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record GRAND CANE Death Date 15-Jun-52 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/desoto/military/korea/other/koreanwa164gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb