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Records of Military Personnel
Who Died as a Result of Hostilities
During the Korean War
For Mercer County, New Jersey


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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 Casualty Service
Number
Date Died
or
Declared Dead
Home of Record
City/Town
County State Birth Date
Year
Race
U S ARMY BRANHAM EARL F 21758430 3/8/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY BRINSON PAUL 34543204 3/7/1953 - MERCER New Jersey 22 Negro
U S ARMY DI SYLVESTER DANIE 12338346 11/2/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY GAINES MELVIN A 12314895 2/12/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 29 Negro
U S ARMY HAUGLAND HAAKON M 12276957 7/16/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY HAYS SANDY 34481467 11/28/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 18 Negro
U S ARMY KELDER ROBERT B 32148675 8/7/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 11 Caucasian
U S ARMY LOVETT JOHN M 20246176 11/27/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY MARTIN ROBERT A 42157522 9/21/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY MC COY LONNIE JR 12314765 3/27/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 31 Negro
U S ARMY MILLER CHARLES E 12343690 10/3/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 30 Negro
U S ARMY NIBLICK JAMES L 13364085 10/3/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY OLEARCHIK PETER 32249770 7/20/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 17 Caucasian
U S ARMY STEPHENS WESLEY 12314766 11/28/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 30 Negro
U S ARMY TINDALL LEO J 12047228 11/29/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 23 Caucasian
U S ARMY TITONE ALFRED J 2203049 9/9/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 21 Caucasian
U S ARMY VANEEKHOVEN RICHAR 12341427 2/13/1951 - MERCER New Jersey 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WELLING HENRY JR 1931594 7/6/1953 - MERCER New Jersey 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY WILLIAMSON JOHN JR 21758633 11/27/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WOZNIAK WILLIAM M 32270318 8/31/1950 - MERCER New Jersey 17 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE BRIGGS EUGENE A JR A01846617 8/17/1951 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 22 Negro
U S MARINE CORPS CRUSER ROBERT J 1184122 1/14/1952 HAMILTON SQUARE MERCER New Jersey 32 Unknown or Not Reported
U S AIR FORCE KUCH THEODORE HORNER JR A0793938 12/12/1952 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 21 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS BENCK ROBERT HERBERT 0 9/24/1950 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 28 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS FARRELL CLARENCE CHRISTOP 1138351 9/5/1952 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 31 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS NICHOLS CLAUDE Y JR 1116184 7/7/1952 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 32 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS PAGLIONE ALBERT JOSEPH 1184753 10/26/1952 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SYPNIEWSKI ROBERT RAYMOND 664090 9/24/1950 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS WAROPAY GEORGE FRANCIS 1170558 9/17/1951 TRENTON MERCER New Jersey 30 Caucasian