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

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 ALES MARION L 1185534 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 6 Caucasian
U S ARMY APPENFELDER JOSEPH 514946 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 22 Caucasian
U S ARMY ARICK ALEXANDER D 19315320 8/14/1952 - PIERCE Washington 18 Caucasian
U S ARMY BAIRD LEON 34107718 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY BEALS JAMES E 19319570 12/6/1950 - PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY BLANCHFIELD ROBERT 19194267 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY BRISTOW IVAN P 6575672 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 16 Caucasian
U S ARMY BULLARD JERRY E 19196025 2/12/1951 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY BUTLER GLEN D 19197254 11/28/1950 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY CABLE JOHN L 39210950 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY CHEATEM GEORGE L 35261278 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 16 Negro
U S ARMY CORNETT CROWDEN 35133303 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 13 Caucasian
U S ARMY CRAWFORD PAUL D 35784194 2/12/1951 - PIERCE Washington 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY CULDICE CECIL W 56083028 11/6/1951 - PIERCE Washington 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY DAVIS AUSTIN 39484770 8/18/1950 - PIERCE Washington 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY DAVIS M L 2209254 10/26/1952 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY ERRIGO JOSEPH A 1040377 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 21 Caucasian
U S ARMY ESSMEIER WILLIAM 906714 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 18 Caucasian
U S ARMY GUILE CHARLES J 17278308 7/13/1953 - PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY GUNNS MARVIN L 19354644 4/22/1951 - PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY HICKS KENNETH A SR 16246409 12/5/1950 - PIERCE Washington 24 Caucasian
U S ARMY JOHNSON EUGENE P 20949894 2/12/1951 - PIERCE Washington 18 Caucasian
U S ARMY JOHNSON RONALD H 56080994 3/16/1952 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY JONES WILLIE D 34489722 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 20 Negro
U S ARMY KOCH ANTHONY A 56080227 4/25/1951 - PIERCE Washington 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY LAMPSON HAROLD L 6916880 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 15 Caucasian
U S ARMY LARSON DURFEE 269143 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 0 Caucasian
U S ARMY LEONBERGER KARL 1176106 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 7 Caucasian
U S ARMY LINDSEY ROBERT T 1321427 8/10/1950 - PIERCE Washington 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY LONG DONALD G 19308252 12/7/1950 - PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY LYTLE JACK W 15419203 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY MAJETTE MILTON L 958966 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 27 Negro
U S ARMY MASTERSON HAROLD A 39195677 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 11 Caucasian
U S ARMY MAXWELL RAYMOND B 421419 11/30/1950 - PIERCE Washington 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY MC DONALD GEORGE J 19262452 7/20/1950 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY MICHAELISKI FELIX 6713006 11/26/1950 - PIERCE Washington 14 Caucasian
U S ARMY MILLER ROBERT E 35138278 12/5/1950 - PIERCE Washington 24 Caucasian
U S ARMY NASET GEORGE R 20928508 9/24/1950 - PIERCE Washington 18 Caucasian
U S ARMY NELSON BENJAMIN F 19307908 5/28/1951 - PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY NORDYKE ELWYN D 19322551 11/28/1950 - PIERCE Washington 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY ODEN JIMMIE L 19361977 9/9/1950 - PIERCE Washington 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY OSBORNE HAROLD H 2262263 11/26/1950 - PIERCE Washington 17 Caucasian
U S ARMY PENINGTON WILLIAM 59412 3/11/1951 - PIERCE Washington 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY POMERENE ROBERT L 50438 2/13/1951 - PIERCE Washington 24 Caucasian
U S ARMY PURDY WILLIS H 6567372 9/3/1950 - PIERCE Washington 19 Caucasian
U S ARMY RACICH JOHN 6547729 2/13/1951 - PIERCE Washington 15 Caucasian
U S ARMY RICHARDS FLINT B 37177967 2/12/1951 - PIERCE Washington 11 Caucasian
U S ARMY SMITH ROY H 19322459 7/29/1950 - PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY STEPHENS GEORGE R 56086884 2/5/1952 - PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY VELLIAS GEORGE 56080232 11/19/1951 - PIERCE Washington 25 Caucasian
U S ARMY VIZINA HAROLD A 1031036 11/14/1951 - PIERCE Washington 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY VLAHOVICH MITCHELL 56081903 10/31/1951 - PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY WOFFORD LAWRENCE R 38726569 12/1/1950 - PIERCE Washington 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY YOSHIHARA ELMER J 36908084 8/25/1950 - PIERCE Washington 15 Mongolian
U S MARINE CORPS PHILLIPS PETER GORDON 1091427 6/5/1952 ELBE PIERCE Washington 28 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS MELBYE ROLAND J 1058511 9/12/1951 PUYALLUP PIERCE Washington 29 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SCHMIDT ORIS JULIUS CARL 857198 9/3/1950 PUYALLUP PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SPENCER ALBERT WILLIAM 1073153 8/17/1950 PUYALLUP PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S NAVY NYHUIS JOHN HENRY 496613 2/8/1954 SUMNER PIERCE Washington 27 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE CAREY EDWIN A JR A01911744 1/3/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 26 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE KINGSBURY DELORAINE M A19319571 12/18/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE PERONTO JAMES F A19074790 1/16/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 17 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS BRATBACK EARL BENNETT 1059314 4/25/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 28 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS GRAHAM RONALD THOMAS JR 1117823 4/4/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 32 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS HARKINS FLOYD H 1073114 11/29/1950 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS HELTSLEY RICHARD RAYMOND 1117627 4/5/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 32 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS JOHNSON NORMAN JOHN 1031903 11/28/1950 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 30 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS LEE KENNETH ROLAND 647723 5/31/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 29 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS OGBURN RICHARD FLOYD 1117820 6/10/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 32 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS OYA BERT 1058133 9/14/1951 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS REID WALLACE JORDAN 49929 8/8/1950 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 22 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS THORNTON BRIAN BERNARD 1167895 8/26/1952 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 32 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS TURNER LARRY DENIS 1193357 9/5/1952 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 33 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS WILLIAMS RAYMOND CLAIR 506530 9/30/1950 TACOMA PIERCE Washington 25 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE GOODWIN WILLIAM J 39317082 6/28/1950 TAKOMA PIERCE Washington 21 Caucasian