Richland 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 17, 2023, 11:27 am Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Richland 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 RICHLAND PARISH Name BIGGS, Glynn R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 38525120 Birthdate 19260000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500807 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name BRUSTER, John Lee Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18210204 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record GIRARD Death Date 19510801 Recovered Y Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name BURGESS, Ted Columbus Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 962004 Birthdate 19250802 Home of Record DUNN Death Date 19500921 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CATER, Monroe Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18281103 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500710 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DRISKELL, Herman L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate 2LT SN O-2206055 Birthdate 19260000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500706 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name KIMBALL, James E. Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1275538 Birthdate 19311122 Home of Record RAYVILLE Death Date 19530325 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LIVINGSTON, John A. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 54061636 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19520812 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MCCOMIC, James C. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54051632 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511027 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name REDDICK, Billy F. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18358022 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19511010 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name STATEN, Frank Jr. Service [blank} Rank/Rate PFC SN 18281038 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record RAYVILLE Death Date 3-Sep-51 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name WISENOR, Ernest J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 57444008 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500813 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/richland/military/korea/other/koreanwa190gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb