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Records of Military Personnel
Who Died as a Result of Hostilities
During the Korean War
For Palm Beach County, Florida

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 BANKS DANIEL E 14243264 11/30/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY DALY CHARLES S 53063491 1/3/1952 - PALM BEACH Florida 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY HANDY MELVIN L 14333389 12/12/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY HANNER MILTON L 1303722 12/1/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 13 Caucasian
U S ARMY LUND HAROLD S 14202714 9/14/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY MERCER FOSTER M 14038663 9/5/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 21 Caucasian
U S ARMY MURNIGHAN HARRY E 14276839 10/22/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY PRESCOTT SIDNEY T 24622825 9/12/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY SMITH SHERRY J 53063694 11/28/1952 - PALM BEACH Florida 30 Negro
U S ARMY TATE JAMES R 53004539 11/23/1951 - PALM BEACH Florida 25 Negro
U S ARMY THOMAS RICHARD E 24623447 7/5/1950 - PALM BEACH Florida 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WEHAGE JEROME H 53004804 6/13/1951 - PALM BEACH Florida 28 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS BYRD WILLIAM EUGENE 1159426 9/9/1951 SOUTH BAY PALM BEACH Florida 32 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS COTTLE DONALD FRANKLIN 55253 12/3/1952 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH Florida 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS WOLF DONALD EDWARD 316585 9/22/1950 WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH Florida 22 Caucasian