Ouachita 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, 9:57 pm Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Ouachita 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 OUACHITA PARISH Name ALLBRITTON, Jack Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18276969 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500817 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ALLEN, Chelcia A. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18274540 Birthdate 19310208 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500722 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name AULDS, Opal D. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 38185655 Birthdate 19210000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500711 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CARROLL, Joseph S. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18274544 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511003 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FINLEY, Douglas Shirley Jr. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate CPL SN 1072229 Birthdate 19310315 Home of Record WEST MONROE Death Date 19510307 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name FOUST, Frank Andrew Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1093877 Birthdate 19311127 Home of Record MONROE Death Date 19501128 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name GEWIN, Lennard E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate 1LT SN O-2000504 Birthdate 19180000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500716 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name HEARD, Sam Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18350254 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered N Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name HUDSON, Frederick Gray III Service AIR FORCE Rank/Rate CAPT SN 17623A Birthdate 19230912 Home of Record MONROE Death Date 19501127 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name KEEVER, Francis W. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1221462 Birthdate 19340905 Home of Record MONROE Death Date 19530326 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MONTFORT, Houston E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18281328 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500815 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MORRISON, J. A. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18281072 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name PENDARVIS, Vance L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18350354 Birthdate 19320828 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501202 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name PURVIS, Clyde Willis Service [blank} Rank/Rate PFC SN 54099803 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record MONROE Death Date 7-Nov-53 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name ROVIRA, Harold J. Jr. Service AIR FORCE Rank/Rate CPL SN AF25588738 Birthdate 19301027 Home of Record WEST MONROE Death Date 19510903 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name SMITH, Clifton E. Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 54031166 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510917 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name TURNER, Clemon Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18304123 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501125 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name WARE, James Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54062562 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19520701 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/military/korea/other/koreanwa185gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb