St James 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, 11:31 am Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - St. James 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 ST. JAMES PARISH Name BOLTON, William Murphy Service ARMY Rank/Rate MAJ SN O-398864 Birthdate 19190610 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510213 Recovered N Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name CANTRELLE, Joseph M. Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 57440093 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510213 Recovered N Cause of Death Died while Prisoner of War Name KINLER, Larry P. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54052139 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521125 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name STMARTIN, Carroll Service ARMY Rank/Rate 2LT SN O-58617 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501001 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WAGUESPACK, Melvin J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18133697 Birthdate 19200000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500815 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stjames/military/korea/other/koreanwa195gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb