Korean War Casualties

U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War - Pointe Coupee 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

CASUALTIES

Name ERNEST, Clarence J. Jr.
Service ARMY
Rank/Rate SGT
SN 54094914
Birthdate 19290000
Home of Record UNKNOWN
Death Date 19530709
Recovered N
Cause of Death Missing in Action - Presumed Dead

Name PICARD, William A.
Service ARMY
Rank/Rate PVT
SN 18282766
Birthdate 19320000
Home of Record UNKNOWN
Death Date 19500705
Recovered Y
Cause of Death Killed in Action

Name SAMUEL, Wickcliff J.
Service ARMY
Rank/Rate PFC
SN 18303668
Birthdate 19290000
Home of Record UNKNOWN
Death Date 19500815
Recovered Y
Cause of Death Killed in Action