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U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED FROM HOSTILE ACTION (INCLUDING MISSING AND CAPTURED) IN THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-1957

Listed Alphabetically by Name

  NAME RANK GRADE BRANCH OF SERVICE HOME OF RECORD
City, Town, County**
STATE DATE OF CASUALTY * CATEGORY OF CASUALTY
NV
  ARNOLD GEORGE C PVT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 27 JUL 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  ATHA ROBERT H PFC ARMY LINCOLN NEVADA 13 FEB 1951 DIED WHILE MISSING
  BENAVIDEZ EDWARD SFC ARMY WHITE PINE NEVADA 25 APR 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  BOUNDS ROBERT L SGT ARMY CLARK NEVADA 28 NOV 1950 DIED WHILE CAPTURED
  BOWLER RICHARD A PFC ARMY CLARK NEVADA 28 NOV 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  CAMPBELL HOWARD DUNCAN JR CAPT MARINES BABBITT NEVADA 14 JUN 1952 KILLED IN ACTION
  CONOVER ADELBERT PFC ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 17 NOV 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  CORUJO FELIPE PFC ARMY CHURCHILL NEVADA 05 APR 1952 KILLED IN ACTION
  DALE CURTIS L PVT ARMY MINERAL NEVADA 25 NOV 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  DAVE MELVIN J CPL ARMY ELKO NEVADA 02 SEP 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  DEAN MARION V PFC ARMY ORMSBY NEVADA 08 JAN 1953 KILLED IN ACTION
  DEWERFF JOHN W PFC ARMY CLARK NEVADA 01 SEP 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  FIREY LEWIS M JR PFC ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 22 JUL 1953 KILLED IN ACTION
  FRANCOVICH EUGENE 1LT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 02 JUN 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  FRIEL JAMES B PVT ARMY NYE NEVADA 23 JUL 1952 KILLED IN ACTION
  GLAKELER ROBERT T SSGT AIR FORCE LAS VEGAS NEVADA 27 SEP 1951 DIED WHILE MISSING
  HARRISON FRANCIS E PVT ARMY EUREKA NEVADA 16 JUL 1950 DIED WHILE MISSING
  HENLEY LLOYD J SGT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 25 OCT 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  HOULT ARTHUR WILLIAM SSGT AIR FORCE LAMOILLE NEVADA 31 MAR 1954 DIED WHILE MISSING
  JAMES CLARENCE A SGT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 27 JUL 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  JOHNSON CARL W PVT ARMY MINERAL NEVADA 27 JUL 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  KEOGH DANNY J PVT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 17 MAR 1953 KILLED IN ACTION
  LOWERY JAMES E PVT ARMY CLARK NEVADA 20 JAN 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  MORTON ROBERT W 2LT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 10 OCT 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  NEVERS JOHN JR PFC MARINES CARSON CITY NEVADA 01 SEP 1952 KILLED IN ACTION
  NIXON RICHARD A SGT ARMY MINERAL NEVADA 30 NOV 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  OSBORNE STANLEY D 1LT ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 17 JUL 1953 KILLED IN ACTION
  PETERSEN MAUN T 1LT ARMY WHITE PINE NEVADA 25 NOV 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  PURSLEY DAVID E PFC ARMY ELKO NEVADA 14 JUL 1953 DIED WHILE MISSING
  RADCLIFFE DORRANCE S MAJ MARINES SPARKS NEVADA 07 DEC 1950 DIED OF WOUNDS
  SALAZAR FRANK RALPH 1LT AIR FORCE RENO NEVADA 01 JAN 1954 DIED WHILE MISSING
  SWEETWOOD CHARLES SGT ARMY ELKO NEVADA 08 SEP 1950 KILLED IN ACTION
  WAIN DANIEL E PFC ARMY WASHOE NEVADA 03 OCT 1951 KILLED IN ACTION
  WHITEROCK GERALD B PVT ARMY ELKO NEVADA 09 JUL 1953 KILLED IN ACTION
 TOTAL                     34

*For persons who died while missing or captured, the date of casualty is the date died or declared dead (e.g. date of a finding of death), not the date declared missing or captured.

**ARMY LISTS COUNTY; AIR FORCE, NAVY AND MARINES LIST CITY OR TOWN OR PLACE.

SOURCE: Korean War Casualty File, 1950-1957 (machine-readable record), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330.

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