Tangipahoa 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 - Tangipahoa 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 TANGIPAHOA PARISH Name BONFIGLIO, Frank J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 57440283 Birthdate 19300000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501128 Recovered N Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Name CARPENTER, Charles Franklin Service MARINE CORPS Rank/Rate PFC SN 1072096 Birthdate 19290422 Home of Record HAMMOND Death Date 19501027 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CARROLL, Cornie E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 18282784 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19501009 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name CHAVERS, Elma Isaac Service NAVY Rank/Rate SN SN 4202060 Birthdate 19321126 Home of Record AMITE Death Date 19520303 Recovered N Cause of Death Killed in Action Name GRACE, Robert B. III Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18282733 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500815 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name LAWRENCE, Donald E. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PFC SN 27346817 Birthdate 19270000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19521015 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MASON, Earon L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 38624842 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510216 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name MCADAMS, Ronald L. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18282786 Birthdate 19320000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500716 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name PIERCE, Walter J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18349784 Birthdate 19330000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500816 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name ROGERS, Floyd A. T. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 25579875 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510729 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name SIMMONS, Louis T. Service ARMY Rank/Rate CPL SN 34618199 Birthdate 19240000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500927 Recovered [blank} Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WAINWRIGHT, John K. Service ARMY Rank/Rate 1LT SN O-2206407 Birthdate 19230000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19510227 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WHITE, Harold Edward Service NAVY Rank/Rate CSM SN 477727 Birthdate 19160304 Home of Record HAMMOND Death Date 19520803 Recovered Y Cause of Death Non-hostile Death Name WINBORN, James A. Service ARMY Rank/Rate PVT SN 18282524 Birthdate 19280000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19500720 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name WINDECKER, Henry J. Service ARMY Rank/Rate SGT SN 54001051 Birthdate 19260000 Home of Record UNKNOWN Death Date 19520706 Recovered Y Cause of Death Killed in Action Name YOUNG, Harry Thomas Service NAVY Rank/Rate BM3 SN 2753631 Birthdate 19261018 Home of Record TICKFAW Death Date 19520326 Recovered N Cause of Death Non-hostile Death File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/military/korea/other/koreanwa201gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb