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

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 BENEDICT FRED W 16262206 8/7/1950 - KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY BERRYHILL RICHARD 55186074 9/5/1952 - KENT Michigan 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY BRAILEY ROBERT E 16323878 7/22/1950 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY BUIST MELVIN G 27032033 9/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY CANTRELL RODE C 36916453 9/1/1950 - KENT Michigan 24 Negro
U S ARMY COOPER STEPHEN P 16292493 9/4/1950 - KENT Michigan 26 Negro
U S ARMY CRANDELL JACK A 16292963 7/16/1950 - KENT Michigan 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY CUTLER DONALD J 27023098 8/10/1950 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY DAVIS BANARD R 14038190 11/6/1950 - KENT Michigan 22 Caucasian
U S ARMY DEYOUNG GENE M 1299012 9/5/1950 - KENT Michigan 20 Caucasian
U S ARMY DRAUGELIS ROBERT J 18303392 2/11/1951 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY FULLER WILLIAM E 16323744 9/11/1950 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY GLOVER PAUL R 36416627 12/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 22 Caucasian
U S ARMY HARTMAN ALFRED B 16318401 11/28/1950 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY HOAG ARNOLD A 16251468 11/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY JANSEN STANLEY W 16344053 9/26/1952 - KENT Michigan 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY KAAT ROLLIN J 55024543 4/11/1951 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY KEMICK RAYMOND 16088603 4/23/1951 - KENT Michigan 23 Caucasian
U S ARMY KOWALKO EDWARD M 55290604 7/8/1953 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY KRAMER CORNELIUS W 55052568 10/7/1951 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY LARKIN FREDERICK E 27029828 10/13/1951 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY LEMMEN JOHN R 16343767 5/29/1951 - KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY LYLE WILLIAM A 55290343 5/7/1953 - KENT Michigan 32 Negro
U S ARMY MAREK THOMAS D 16309558 12/1/1950 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY MC NAMARA GEORGE W 27023137 2/9/1951 - KENT Michigan 33 Caucasian
U S ARMY MENDENDORP ALFRED 336197 9/3/1954 - KENT Michigan 7 Unknown or Not Reported
U S ARMY MEYER JAMES E 55074043 6/14/1952 - KENT Michigan 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY MONROE FORREST A 55095383 8/31/1951 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY MOURER CARL E 16318217 9/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY MULHOLLAND WAYNE A 16309569 2/13/1951 - KENT Michigan 30 Caucasian
U S ARMY NELSON CHARLES T 16264349 12/3/1950 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY OLMAN EDWARD C 55019581 12/3/1950 - KENT Michigan 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY OSMER CURTIS G 55074138 6/29/1952 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY PARKS JAMES H 16318395 12/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY RADEMACHER EUGENE 16214735 5/24/1951 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY RHOADES ECKARD A 55003019 4/29/1951 - KENT Michigan 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY RYBISKI DONALD C 55024682 4/29/1951 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY SIMMONS JAMES R 16309542 11/29/1950 - KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S ARMY SMITH REGINALD D 55024532 10/8/1951 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY STELTER ROBERT J 55003025 5/16/1951 - KENT Michigan 27 Caucasian
U S ARMY VAN DYKE GEORGE 55024618 5/22/1951 - KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S ARMY VAN WYK CLAYTON 27031343 2/12/1951 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WALDHERR MAX M 16268775 12/2/1950 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S ARMY WHEELING CHARLES V 16309511 4/25/1951 - KENT Michigan 26 Caucasian
U S ARMY WILKOWSKI LOUIS V 16323825 11/25/1950 - KENT Michigan 25 Caucasian
U S ARMY WILLETT RICHARD R 16338187 5/18/1951 - KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S ARMY WOODY BOBBY J 16262882 8/12/1950 - KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE VAN DEN DELDT RAY J A01903266 8/14/1951 BYRON CENTER KENT Michigan 28 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS ANDREWS GARY G 1271399 7/28/1953 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 34 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE GAGE KENNETH LEROY 16305759 3/30/1951 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 31 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS LUKAS MIKE 315998 12/3/1953 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 21 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS MCBRIAN CHARLES JR 670591 12/8/1953 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS SAGE SAMUEL STANLEY 659375 12/7/1950 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 30 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS ZDYBEL JOHN J 1327383 3/26/1953 GRAND RAPIDS KENT Michigan 32 Caucasian
U S AIR FORCE CANNING WILLIAM ALFRED 19323682 2/28/1954 LOWELL KENT Michigan 29 Caucasian
U S MARINE CORPS GUILES RICHARD FLOYD 1116563 6/30/1951 SPARTA KENT Michigan 33 Caucasian