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

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 BAILEY ELMER C JR 17269764 2/6/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY BATREZ HAROLD L 55056012 10/16/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY BURROUGHS BOBBY B 17280714 2/5/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY BUSSEY WILLIAM H 17342739 3/30/1953 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Negro
U S ARMY CHARLESTON ARTHUR 17235121 8/30/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Negro
U S ARMY CUNNINGHAM FRANK 17245446 8/6/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Negro
U S ARMY FERGUSON CLYDE J 37230701 4/6/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 17 Negro
U S ARMY FOUSE KENNETH L 17057643 2/14/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 24 Negro
U S ARMY GARCIA CHARLES M 17255878 12/1/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 31 Unknown or Not Reported
U S ARMY GIBSON CHARLES V 17261452 7/12/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY GREGORY OTIS C 55026617 10/17/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 27 Negro
U S ARMY HENDERSON MORRIS 17234929 9/9/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 29 Negro
U S ARMY HILL ROBERT L 17241557 8/6/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Negro
U S ARMY JEFFERSON EDWARD V 55006747 2/14/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 25 Negro
U S ARMY JOHNSON MELVIN L 17261506 12/7/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY JOHNSTON EDWIN E 37736402 10/20/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 10 Caucasian
U S ARMY LANSING MELVIN E 17225439 4/24/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY LEATHERS HARRY F 37818823 8/9/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY MC GRAW DANIEL E 55056027 9/3/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY PIERSEE ROBERT W 17251766 6/2/1953 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY POLING EDWARD M 17261514 12/3/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY QUINN WILLIAM L JR 55258884 6/11/1953 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 26 Negro
U S ARMY REYNOLDS WILLIAM L 17261523 11/30/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 31 Negro
U S ARMY SMITH EDWARD F 17510608 5/23/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 22 Negro
U S ARMY SMITH JAMES W 17269810 7/27/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY SMITH RICHARD E 57502380 11/29/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Negro
U S ARMY STUMBOUGH ROY JR 17269624 2/14/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY SWANSON ERNEST A 17281093 2/5/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY THOMPSON WILLIAM E 10730212 10/9/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY TIGER MAX G 25749056 7/27/1950 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY TROBOUGH BILLIE J 17288808 11/4/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY WEBSTER FLOYD D 17269741 2/12/1951 - WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE ROY WILLIAM EDWARD A0221991 12/31/1953 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 27 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE SCHLEGEL LEE GEOFFREY 17635A 12/31/1953 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 25 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE STOPA DEWEY A0942467 11/20/1953 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 25 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS BEAN JOHN LARKIN 1126668 1/2/1951 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS DOBBS ROBERT LEE 1047465 11/26/1950 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS ORTEGA HARRY 1346384 7/20/1953 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS PUHR GEORGE S JR 1071625 12/11/1950 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS STAMPFEL ALBERT WILLIAM 1047451 12/7/1953 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SWENSON RICHARD LEE 1098243 3/22/1952 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 32 Unknown or Not Reported
U S NAVY DRAGASTIN MARION THOMAS 496796 5/18/1951 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 26 Caucasian
U S NAVY PARIS RONALD EUGENE 507370 4/16/1954 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 28 Caucasian
U S NAVY SUMMERS DONALD GEORGE 3445307 10/1/1952 KANSAS CITY WYANDOTTE Kansas 30 Caucasian