Jackson County Korean War Casualties

DENLINGER, KIRK, KUHLMAN, MCKENNA, STUCKEL

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 10/10/2008 at 19:30:28

Jackson Sentinel

2 World Wars, Korean Conflict Claim Lives of Many Area Men

Records of the Iowa State Department of History and Archives in Des Moines contain the names of 102 Jackson county men who died in military service in World Wars I and II, and in the Korean conflict.

The number of casualties was the same, 49, in the World Wars. However, a comparison of data shows that changes in warfare methods and vast improvement in medical science had occurred in the two decades between the conflicts.

Thirteen Jackson county men were killed in action and one at sea in World War I; ten died of wounds, while disease (mainly influenza) took 14 victims overseas and nine in stateside camps and hospitals. In World War II, 24 died on the battlefield, seven were lost at sea, only four died of wounds; however, five died in plane crashes, three in accidents, two in prison camps, and two in stateside hospitals.

Both Claude R. Cook, curator of the state archives, and the Sentinel wish to be notified if there are any omissions or errors in the following listing: (KIA indicates killed in action).

Korean War to July, 1953

Denlinger, Dale, Maquoketa, airplane crash, 1951, Okla.
Kirk, Bertrand, Otter Creek, airplane crash, 1951, Okla.
Kuhlman, William F., Pfc., Maquoketa, died March, 1953 of wounds received in Korea.
McKenna, Richard, Pfc., Otter Creek, killed in action in Korea, July 20, 1951.
Stuckel, Alan L., A2c, Maquoketa, killed in bomber crash, Texas.