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Records of Military Personnel
Who Died as a Result of Hostilities
During the Korean War
For Mesa County, Colorado

Transcribed by: Lynn Tooley


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Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War, documenting the period January 1, 1950 - February 7, 1957.

This series contains selected descriptive data about U.S. military personnel who died by hostile means (i.e. battle deaths) as a result of combat duty in the Korean War. The data were usually extracted from Department of Defense Form 1300 (Report of Casualty) as well as from each of the four military services of the Department of Defense. The variables available from each casualty record include: Military Service Branch, Country of Casualty (always Korea), Casualty Group, File Reference Number, Name of Casualty, Processing Date, Service Number, Military Grade or Rank, Pay Grade, Date of Casualty, Service Component, Home of Record, Birth Date, Cause of Casualty, Aircraft Involvement(air/non-air casualty), Race, Sex, and Citizenship. The majority of the records have no meaningful data in the "cause of casualty" or "air/non- air casualty" variable. The series lists as the home of record the county for those casualties in the Army and lists as the home of record the city, town, or municipality and county for those casualties in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.


Military Service
Branch
Name of CasualtyService
Number
Date Died
or
Declared Dead
Home of Record
City/Town
CountyStateBirth Date
Year
Race
U S ARMY BEST BILLY J 37702005 9/1/1950 - MESA Colorado 25 Caucasian
U S ARMY DOUGHERTY EDWARD M 55138737 9/2/1951 - MESA Colorado 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY HEWITT CLYDE L 17240413 9/17/1950 - MESA Colorado 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WHITE FRANK M 2033271 12/1/1950 - MESA Colorado 16 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS FLOREZ JOHN FRANK 1195265 6/10/1952 GRAND JUNCTION MESA Colorado 30 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS KING KEITH DUANE 666554 9/3/1950 GRAND JUNCTION MESA Colorado 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS MCBETH DONALD 1156588 6/6/1951 GRAND JUNCTION MESA Colorado 30 Caucasian