St Landry 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, 11:33 am Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - St. Landry 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. LANDRY PARISH Name ANDERSON, Austin J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18257684 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500903 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name BOURGEOIS, Joseph R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18397796 Birthdate 19330000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510901 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CASTILLE, Felix Alfred Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1093884 Birthdate 19300423 Home of Record SUNSET Death Date 19510308 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DEVILLIER, Leon Fabian Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate MSGT SN 431279 Birthdate 19220205 Home of Record PORT BARRE Death Date 19511031 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name DOUCET, Preston G. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 57448061 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501015 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name GODEAUX, Lionel Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18274823 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510831 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name JOHNSON, Randolph Andrew Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 637542 Birthdate 19300204 Home of Record OPELOUSAS Death Date 19510423 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LEBLEU, Meus Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18281459 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500924 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MARCOTTE, Allen Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18300567 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501106 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MARKS, Amar Dudley Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1094021 Birthdate 19320109 Home of Record ARNAUDVILLE Death Date 19510305 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Wounds Name MOORE, Jack D. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 54096530 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19530608 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Non-hostile Injuries Name RIDEAU, Raymond Service [blank} Rank/Rate PVT SN 18357157 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record PALMETTO Death Date 14-Nov-51 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name SAVOY, Euclide J. Jr. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18329431 Birthdate 19290000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510518 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name THISTLETHWAITE, Lote Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate CAPT SN 39706 Birthdate 19241112 Home of Record OPELOUSAS Death Date 19530704 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name TROSCLAIR, James Oliver Service AIR FORCE Rank/Rate A1 SN AF18378964 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record OPELOUSAS Death Date 19520913 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/military/korea/other/koreanwa197gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb