List of Louisiana Service members unaccounted for-Korea

GUIDRY, JOSEPH Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
HALL, JOHN WESTLEY Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
HARRIS, HERMAN GOWAN Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
HARVEY, AMON FRANK Jr. PFC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1950 LOUISIANA
HEARD, SAM Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
HOLMES, PERVIS SYLVESTER Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
HOWARD, ALBERT Sgt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
HUDSON, FREDRICK GRAY III 1st Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1950 LOUISIANA
HUTCHINSON, ARTHUR EARL 1st Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1951 LOUISIANA
IRELAND, CHARLEY B. Sfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
IRVING, LEON COUNT Jr. Sgt UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
JACKSON, EUGENE ARTHUR Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JAMES, JESSIE JOSEPH Sgt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JEANJACQUES, HENRY Jr. Sgt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JOE, JOSEPH BRADLEY Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JOHNSON, JOHN WILLIAM Capt UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1952 LOUISIANA
JOHNSON, ELDRIDGE Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JOHNSON, LEROY M. Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
JONES, GEORGE WILLARD 1st Lt UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
JOSEPH, RALPH ALEXANDER Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
JOSEPH, MORRIS EUGENE Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
KELLY, HENRY BRADFORD 1st Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1952 LOUISIANA
KIRWIN, JOHN WILLIAM Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
KUHN, HERMAN Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
LAWSON, AARON AUGUSTUS Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
LINDSAY, MAX ALLEN Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
LINDSEY, RAY EDWARD SSgt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1951 LOUISIANA
LISENBY, JOHNNIE BURL Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
LOUVIERE, RAY VINCENT Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
LOYD, ROY PFC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1953 LOUISIANA
MALMAY, J.B. Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
MAYEUX, LANNIS JOSEPH Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
MCGOWAN, CLARENCE A. 1st Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1951 LOUISIANA
MIKELL, JAMES CHRISTOPHER Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
MILLS, WILLIAM PAUL Jr. Cpl UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1953 LOUISIANA
MINOR, JAMES HENRY PFC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1952 LOUISIANA
MINOR, JOHN Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
MITCHELL, RUDUS T Jr. Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
MOCKLIN, EARL JOSEPH CS1 UNITED STATES NAVY 1950 LOUISIANA
MOHR, CECIL RHODES 2nd Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1951 LOUISIANA
MOORE, RICHARD DIXON Capt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1950 LOUISIANA
MORRISON, J A Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
NELSON, ELI MALACHI Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
NIGERVILLE, MARTIN LEWIS Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
ORTEGO, ELWARD JOSEPH Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
PARDEE, HARVEY MACK Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
PARKERSON, CHARLES RUPERT 1st Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1953 LOUISIANA
PENDARVIS, VANCE LUCKY Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
PITRE, CHARLES DALTON Jr. Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
PLAISANCE, CAMILLE Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
PORTER, JAMES HOWARD A1C UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1952 LOUISIANA
POWELL, WILLIE Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
REED, MELVIN Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
RIGAUD, LIONEL WILMER Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
RODRIGUE, CALVIN LEE Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
ROQUES, WILLIAM LAWRENCE Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
SANDERSON, GERALD RAY Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
SAPIA, ELROY RAYMOND Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
SCOTT, JIMMIE Jr. Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
SELDON, ARTHUR WILLIAM Jr. Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
SHIPP, WILLARD HOMER Sfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
SISTRUNK, FRANK LT UNITED STATES NAVY 1951 LOUISIANA
SLY, WILLIE WILBUR Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
SMITH, WENDELL CHARLES Jr. Sfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
STAMPER, MACK Jr. Sgt UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
STEPHENS, RALPH Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
STEWART, WALTER LEE Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1952 LOUISIANA
TATUM, DAVID FRANKLIN LTJG UNITED STATES NAVY 1952 LOUISIANA
TAYLOR, JOHN ALLEN Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
THERIOT, HUBERT JOSEPH Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
THIBODEAUX, LUCIAN JUNIUS Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
THISTLETHWAITE, LOTE Capt UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1953 LOUISIANA
THORNBURG, CLYDE Sfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
TRAHAN, DANIEL JOSEPH Sfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
TURBERVILLE, JACK HOWARD 2nd Lt UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1952 LOUISIANA
TURNER, CLEMON Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
VEILLON, L D. PFC UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 1952 LOUISIANA
VIGNES, JAKIE JOSEPH Pvt UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
WALDROP, ALTON SA UNITED STATES NAVY 1952 LOUISIANA
WALKER, JAMES YOUNG Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
WEBSTER, LEWIS F. Lt Col UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1952 LOUISIANA
WEEMS, RANDALL MALLORY Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
WEST, CLEVELAND Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1951 LOUISIANA
WEYERMAN, CLIFTON AQUILLY Pfc UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
WILLIAMS, CHARLES JAMES Cpl UNITED STATES ARMY 1950 LOUISIANA
YOUNG, HARRY THOMAS BM3 UNITED STATES NAVY 1952 LOUISIANA

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I never knew there were so many. Lots of parents died not knowing where the bodies of their children lie.

Glad some families will get some closure soon.

Netflix has a great documentary on it called American Experience: The Battle of Chosin.

Months into the Korean War, U.S. troops at North Korea's Chosin Reservoir engaged in a bloody winter battle that would change the conflict's course.

Wiki

The battle was decisive in the Korean War. The battle took place about a month after the People's Republic of China entered the conflict and sent the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 9th Army[c] to infiltrate the northeastern part of North Korea. On 27 November 1950, the Chinese force surprised the US X Corps commanded by Major General Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. Between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000[1]:24 United Nations troops (later nicknamed "The Chosin Few") under the field command of Major General Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by about 120,000[3] Chinese troops under the command of Song Shilun, who had been ordered by Mao Zedong to destroy the UN forces. The UN forces were nevertheless able to break out of the encirclement and to make a fighting withdrawal to the port of Hungnam, inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese. US Marine units were supported in their withdrawal by the US Army's Task Force Faith to their east, which suffered heavy casualties and the full brunt of the Chinese offensive. Following the retreat of the US Eighth Army from northwest Korea in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, the evacuation of the X Corps from the port of Hungnam in northeast Korea marked the complete withdrawal of UN troops from North Korea.

I'll check it out. Thanks.

<3 bless him and all those mentioned in the OP.

God bless all those brave servicemembers!!

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My Dad served in the same regiment as Col. Don Faith, but several months after the Colonel's death. He never met the man, but spoke almost reverently of him.

My oldest uncle apparently had an option to hit the deck of an aircraft carrier, which was loaded. He took the water to not harm US life and hoped they would get to him to rescue. Did not happen. He's still considered MIA. His name is not on that list. There are more.

He was in the Korean war.

Was he in the Field Artillery? That post looks like an Aiming Post used for laying a field artillery piece.

Aiming Post

Looks like there were 700 Louisianians who were killed in the Korean War.

It appears not all of them were from hostile action, but the majority were.

Louisiana Korean War Deaths