Evangeline 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, 9:36 pm Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Evangeline 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 EVANGELINE PARISH Name AMY, Oris W. Service ARMY Rank/Rate 1LT SN O-800184 Birthdate 19220000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511016 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name BROUSSARD, Simon W. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SFC SN 18211196 Birthdate 19230000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500901 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CHADDRICK, Earbie Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 25563783 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511108 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DEMENT, Billy E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18276533 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500910 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DESHOTEL, Grover William Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54030013 Birthdate 19230000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510308 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FONTENOT, Burkeman Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54097381 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19530710 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name JOHNSON, Cecil Lamar Service [blank} Rank/Rate CPL SN 54009751 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record PINE PRAIRIE Death Date 8-Jun-52 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name MANUEL, John R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18280500 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510309 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ORTEGO, Edward Joseph Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 54067764 Birthdate 19310408 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521014 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name VEILLON, L. D. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1220847 Birthdate 19310418 Home of Record VILLE PLATTE Death Date 19520810 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name YIELDING, Wilburn R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18277385 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500904 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/evangeline/military/korea/other/koreanwa168gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb