Jefferson 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, 9:44 pm Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Jefferson 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 JEFFERSON PARISH Name CROCKER, Frank William Jr. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1106973 Birthdate 19310817 Home of Record METAIRIE Death Date 19510525 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DAVIS, Willie Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 38741971 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501201 Recovered N Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name EDWARDS, Cleveland Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18304334 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500911 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ESKINE, Malcolm J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18276159 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500825 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name GUIDRY, John T. Service ARMY Rank/Rate 1LT SN AO760054 Birthdate 19310129 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500712 Recovered N Cause of Death Non-hostile Air Crash Name HARTMAN, Woodrow P. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18282609 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500901 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MANDINO, Tony Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 54032100 Birthdate 19250000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MISTRETTA, Victor C. J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18279017 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500918 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name PRESTWOOD, Victor M. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18276361 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500915 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name RICHARD, Roland R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18303826 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500720 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ROGERS, Harold F. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54083857 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19530715 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name SAPIA, Elroy Raymond Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN [blank} Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501212 Recovered N Cause of Death [blank} Name SMITH, Wendall C. Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate MSGT SN 34071521 Birthdate 19220000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501201 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name TROSCLAIR, Lawrence J. Jr. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1001987 Birthdate 19290719 Home of Record MARRERO Death Date 19501128 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name AUTHEMENT, Samson Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 54085191 Birthdate 19330000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19530717 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name BENOIT, Andrew Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18278361 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19530716 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name BROUSSARD, Reed O. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18283986 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19500725 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FONTENOT, Alvin Service ARMY Rank/Rate SFC SN 18281454 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19501130 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name HALL, John Westley Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 38743998 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19501201 Recovered N Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name LEJEUNE, Eloie D. Service ARMY Rank/Rate MSGT SN 18171089 Birthdate 19240000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19510108 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name MOUTON, Raoul P. Jr. Service [blank} Rank/Rate 2LT SN 2225048 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record JENNINGS DAVIS Death Date 18-Jun-53 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Air Crash Name STGERMAIN, Aldon J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18276537 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN DAVIS Death Date 19510310 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/jefferson/military/korea/other/koreanwa174gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 7.0 Kb