St Tammany 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, 11:36 am Korean War Casualties U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - St. Tammany 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. TAMMANY PARISH Name CHATELLIER, Dennis Leroy Service NAVY Rank/Rate SN SN 2765867 Birthdate 19310407 Home of Record MADISONVILLE Death Date 19510312 Recovered Y Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name CORNIBE, Robert L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18278816 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500819 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name DECKER, William T. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 18151018 Birthdate 19240000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510512 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name HAMBRICK, Shelly Depriest Service [blank} Rank/Rate PFC SN 54094836 Birthdate [blank} Home of Record SLIDELL Death Date 8-Jul-53 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name HURSEY, Jans Fredrick Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1072029 Birthdate 19300707 Home of Record SLIDELL Death Date 19500923 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name KUHN, Herman Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 18282645 Birthdate 19310000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501130 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name THOMAS, Issaih R. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18275731 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered Y Cause of Death Died of Wounds File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/military/korea/other/koreanwa200gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb