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

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 ALLIE RICHARD O 55215391 2/1/1953 - POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY BAILEY BERT G 26780845 6/21/1952 - POLK Iowa 34 Caucasian
U S ARMY BLOODSWORTH CLARENCE 55217774 6/11/1953 - POLK Iowa 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY BOLDEN GEORGE E 17278275 11/28/1950 - POLK Iowa 31 Negro
U S ARMY CARR PAUL E 17267792 9/27/1950 - POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY CAVIL JOHN C 17278310 11/28/1950 - POLK Iowa 32 Negro
U S ARMY CONNETT DONALD C 17325705 1/12/1952 - POLK Iowa 34 Caucasian
U S ARMY DAGGETT HARLAN R 55093423 10/8/1951 - POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY DAVIDSON EDWARD E 17248897 8/2/1950 - POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY DECKER FOREST D 17335558 10/19/1951 - POLK Iowa 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY DYER BOBBY L 17241206 8/18/1950 - POLK Iowa 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY FORDYCE RALPH W 17304838 8/16/1951 - POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY GIBSON HAL T 2208103 12/3/1950 - POLK Iowa 25 Caucasian
U S ARMY GRIESE ROBERT R 37044031 11/30/1950 - POLK Iowa 15 Caucasian
U S ARMY HUTTON RICHARD E 17241205 12/9/1950 - POLK Iowa 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY JACKSON LAWRENCE 17278271 6/1/1951 - POLK Iowa 29 Negro
U S ARMY JACOBS LLOYD W 55039176 4/23/1951 - POLK Iowa 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY JARNAGIN J D 55015571 4/22/1951 - POLK Iowa 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY KEIRAN HAROLD A 55093470 9/12/1951 - POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY KILE RICHARD A 17260181 7/25/1950 - POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY MARTIN ROBERT V 17274243 12/18/1950 - POLK Iowa 31 Negro
U S ARMY MC CULLOUGH ROBERT 55093068 9/12/1951 - POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY MC DOLE RICHARD C 37113184 5/27/1951 - POLK Iowa 13 Caucasian
U S ARMY MURRAY LUTHER E 55046322 9/22/1951 - POLK Iowa 28 Negro
U S ARMY OLSON HAROLD B 37772791 2/12/1951 - POLK Iowa 18 Caucasian
U S ARMY PENDARVIS EVERETT 37652632 7/20/1950 - POLK Iowa 15 Caucasian
U S ARMY PRYNE HARVEY E 17278305 5/20/1951 - POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY RINARD HAROLD L 20704957 2/15/1951 - POLK Iowa 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY SAMPLE HAROLD N 17171592 11/26/1950 - POLK Iowa 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY SAMPLE WILLIAM B 17274251 11/27/1950 - POLK Iowa 28 Negro
U S ARMY SMITH CLAUDE R 55190861 11/20/1952 - POLK Iowa 31 Negro
U S ARMY SUMMY JAMES D 17353653 7/10/1953 - POLK Iowa 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY TREANOR JOHN E JR 17260214 4/25/1951 - POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY WAILES ARDEAN R 17273525 2/4/1951 - POLK Iowa 31 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE KEPFORD JOSEPH CLARENCE A0818388 3/31/1954 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 19 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE SIMPSON GRANT W A0930038 7/10/1951 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 23 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS HATFIELD THEODORE LEROY 1100567 5/31/1951 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS HENDERSON RICHARD RAY 1138103 10/30/1952 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 33 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS MILLER JOSEPH ROTH 345901 11/28/1950 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 22 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS MILLER WESLEY DALE 1130606 9/9/1951 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SWISHER EDWARD DEANE 1123315 9/29/1950 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 30 Caucasian
U S NAVY CATALDO FRANK NICK 3241660 4/17/1953 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 31 Caucasian
U S NAVY MATHEWS LIONEL ERIC 3223131 1/25/1952 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 27 Caucasian
U S NAVY RIDER RICHARD GLENN 478458 1/8/1954 DES MOINES POLK Iowa 25 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS JONES GLEN IRVING 1172816 2/19/1952 DESMOINES POLK Iowa 32 Unknown or Not Reported
U S MARINE CORPS SCHAFFER GAYLORD L 1088539 12/4/1953 DESMOINES POLK Iowa 29 Caucasian