The Korean War was a military conflict between North Korean (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea) regimes in which hostilities were from June 25, 1905 until the armistice which was signed on July 27th of 1953. The conflict arose when the two Korean powers attempted to re-unify Korea under their respective governments. The area of contemption was the 38th Parallell. Negotiations ended when the North Korean Army invaded South Korean on June 25, 1950. Nations allied with the United States intervened on behalf of South Korean under the aegis of the United Nations. North-allied Chinese forces intervened on behalf of North Korea which shifted the balance of the war and ended in an armistice that approximately restored the original boundary which was under contention at the beginning of the war. As a result, the United States and the Soviet Union entered into a period known as the Cold War.

Casualties for the United States were 36,516 K.I.A.; 2,830 non-combat casualties; 92,134 wounded; 8,176 M.I.A.; and 7,245 P.O.W.s.

NAME	RANK/GRADE	BRANCH	HOMETOWN	DATE of BIRTH	DATE of CASUALTY
BROWN Nelson Marion	MSGT	Air Force	Ellston	08 Aug 1917 Adair Co. IA	Died while missing 28 Feb 1954
DAVENPORT Kenneth E.	PVT 1CL	Army 32nd Inf 7th Inf Div	Ringgold Co.	19 Feb 1931	K.I.A. 22 Jan 1953 Interment Rose Hill Cemetery Mount Ayr IA
FOUSER Kenneth W.		Co A 14th Inf 25th Inf Div		04 May 1926	17 Jan 1955 Interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA
HAMPTON Charles Wade				31 Aug 1909	06 Jul 1953 Rose Hill Cemetery Mount Ayr IA
MARSHALL Jack Eugene	CPL	U.S. Army Co. A, 1st BN 32nd Inf. Reg. 7th Infantry Div.	Ringgold Co.	19 Jul 1929	02 Dec 1950 M.I.A. Gravestone at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA
SCOTT Lester W.	PVT	Army		1928	K.I.A. 07 Sep 1951
WILKEY Franklin H. "Frank"	PVT	9th Inf 2nd Inf Div	Ringgold Co.	1931	K.I.A. 03 Sep 1950

 

Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C., by Sharon R. Becker, 2004

Compiled by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2009