St John The Baptist County Louisiana Archives Military Records.....Korean War Casualties 
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Korean War Casualties
U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - St. John The Baptist 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. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH

Name			MICHEL, Alvin J.	
Service				ARMY
Rank/Rate			PFC
SN				38308229
Birthdate			19230000
Home of Record			UNKNOWN
Death Date			19500915
Recovered			Y
Cause of Death			Killed in Action

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