Oakland County Korean War Casualties
(Including Missing and Captured)		  

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NAME RANK GRADE BRANCH OF SERVICE HOME OF RECORD DATE OF CASUALTY CAUSE OF CASUALTY
Bailey, Charles V CPL Army Oakland 11 July 1950 Died While Captured
Bitterle, Douglas R 1LT Air Force Royal Oak 14 Dec 1951 Died While Missing
Block, Kenneth R CPL Army Oakland 03 Dec 1950 Killed in Action
Boaz, Herbert L Jr. CPL Army Oakland 17 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Bolton, Robert E CPL Army Oakland 05 Oct 1951 Died of Wounds
Bouchard, Arthur A CPL Army Oakland 14 July 1953 Killed in Action
Bowen, Glenn L PFC Army Oakland 19 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Cloutier, Robert J CPL Army Oakland 01 Dec 1950 Died While Captured
Cooper, David Lee PVT Army Oxford 05 Dec 1953 Non-Hostile Death
Crain, Oliver B Jr. SGT Marines Farmington 07 May 1952 Killed in Action
Crossman, Franklin W PFC Army Oakland 30 July 1950 Killed in Action
Davis, Earl Arthur A1C Air Force Wixom 07 July 1953 Killed in Action
DeWolfe, Grover C CPL Army Oakland 12 July 1951 Killed in Action
Depappa, Ferdinand PVT Army Oakland 18 Aug 1950 Killed in Action
Depki, Stanley T CPL Army Oakland 03 Jan 1951 Killed in Action
Doyon, Lawrence D SGT Army Oakland 30 July 1951 Killed in Action
Dunham, Ronald B Jr. PVT Army Oakland 28 Oct 1952 Killed in Action
Ellefson, Junior E SGT Army Oakland 27 Nov 1950 Died of Wounds
Fiebelkorn, Ernest C MAJ Air Force Lake Orion 10 Dec 1952 Died While Missing
France, Donald R CAPT Marines Pontiac 06 Dec 1950 Killed in Action
Gamble, Eldridge M PVT Army Oakland 20 July 1950 Killed in Action
Gibson, Charles E PFC Army Oakland 20 July 1950 Killed in Action
Grant, Frederick E PFC Marines Pontiac 09 Dec 1950 Died of Wounds
Green, William G CPL Army Oakland 27 July 1950 Killed in Action
Guenther, George H PFC Army Oakland 18 May 1951 Killed in Action
Guerrero, Thomas S CPL Army Oakland 20 July 1950 Killed in Action
Hadley, Thomas Erle II 1LT Air Force Holly 31 Dec 1953 Died While Missing
Hapgood, Frederick J PFC Army Oakland 29 Apr 1951 Died a POW
Hardy, Ray L PVT Army Oakland 09 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Hargo, Maynard L PFC Marines Pontiac 02 Apr 1953 Killed in Action
Hays, Curtis G CPL Army Oakland 19 Nov 1950 Died While Missing
Henson, Bennie SFC Army Oakland 17 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Higgins, William K PVT Army Oakland 20 July 1950 Killed in Action
Hillman, Delbert J PFC Army Oakland 18 Aug 1950 Killed in Action
Hojara, Walter M PVT Army Oakland 20 July 1950 Killed in Action
Howcroft, David K PFC Marines Birmingham 24 Oct 1952 Killed in Action
King, Richard M CPL Army Oakland 25 July 1950 Killed in Action
Leiby, Dewey Jr. PVT Army Oakland 06 July 1953 Died While Missing
Lennox, Richard N PFC Army Oakland 28 Nov 1950 Died While Captured
Living, Charles W. SGT Army Oakland 02 Jun 1951 Killed in Action
Malak, Merel R PFC Army Oakland 13 July 1953 Killed in Action
Matheny, Jack D CPL Army Oakland 17 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
McIntyre, Kenneth L PVT Army Lake Orion 23 Oct 1952 Non-Hostile Death
McKnight, Arthur L PFC Army Oakland 28 Nov 1950 Died While Captured
McPherson, William N. PFC Army Oakland 01 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Memmer, Donald J CPL Army Oakland 22 Apr 1951 Died While Missing
Molter, Marvin L PFC Army Oakland 14 Feb 1951 Killed in Action
Morton, James A SSGT Marines Pontiac 16 Dec 1953 Killed in Action
Moyer, Donald R SFC Army Oakland 20 May 1951 Killed in Action
Mueller, Harold Ervin SGT Marines Pontiac 06 Oct 1952 Killed in Action
Murdock, Herold F CPL Army Oakland 06 Nov 1951 Died While Missing
Myers, Raymond Jr. PFC Army Oakland 24 Oct 1952 Died While Missing
Nelson, Oscar R PVT Army Oakland 16 July 1950 Killed in Action
Nicholson, William CPL Army Oakland 03 Nov 1952 Killed in Action
Nicolai, August M PFC Army Oakland 06 Aug 1951 Died of Wounds
Nixon Junior J TSGT Marines Mt. Pleasant 05 Jan 1954 Killed in Action
O'Brien, Charles R PVT Army Oakland 12 Feb 1951 Killed in Action
Oleyar, Frank J MSGT Army Oakland 16 July 1950 Killed in Action
Orr, Donald A PFC Army Oakland 16 July 1950 Killed in Action
Ozias, Walter E PFC Army Oakland 27 Nov 1950 Killed in Action
Paul, Kenneth D PFC Army Oakland 14 Oct 1952 Died of Wounds
Paull, Joseph W WO Army Oakland 21 July 1952 Killed in Action
Pilch, Robert E PFC Army Oakland 16 Oct 1951 Killed in Action
Piper, Foley D PFC Army Oakland 29 Oct 1952 Died of Wounds
Prange, Carl G. PFC Army Pontiac 18 Oct 1951 Killed in Action
Ramos, Fred M 2LT Army Oakland 07 Nov 1950 Killed in Action
Reid, Alfred A CPL Army Oakland 12 May 1952 Killed in Action
Riddle, James A PFC Army Oakland 02 Dec 1950 Died While Missing
Ridgeway, Junior V PFC Army Oakland 02 Dec 1950 Killed in Action
Riley, Charles L PFC Army Oakland 21 Jan 1951 Died While Captured
Sager, Robert F. CPT Army Oakland 16 Sep 1950 Mortally Wounded in Action
Sarate, Manuel PVT Army Oakland 04 Feb 1951 Died While Missing
Sarate, Salvador J PFC Army Royal Oak 30 May 1951 Non-hostile Death
Smith, Don PVT Army Oakland 12 Feb 1951 Killed in Action
Streetman, Joseph M CPL Army Oakland 27 Sep 1951 Killed in Action
Summers, Eddie C SGT Army Oakland 28 Nov 1950 Died While Missing
Svacha, Robert J PFC Army Oakland 07 Nov 1952 Killed in Action
Taylor, Donald M PVT Army Oakland 02 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Taylor, Ronald G PVT Army Oakland 02 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Ulinski, Valerian A3C Air Force Hazel Park 16 Oct 1952 Non-hostile Air Crash
Vaughan, Hobert J. CPL Army Royal Oak 13 Dec 1950 Non-hostile Death
Waldbillig, Arnold PFC Army Oakland 16 Apr 1953 Killed in Action
Waldo, Albert L Jr. CPL Army Hazel Park 03 Oct 1952 Non-hostile Death
Walker, Lloyd B PFC Army Oakland 29 Apr 1951 Killed in Action
Welch, James L SGT Army Oakland 28 Nov 1950 Died While Missing
Wheeler, William A PVT Army Oakland 01 Sep 1950 Killed in Action
Whincup, Richard W CPT Air Force Royal Oak 11 Sep 1953 Non-hostile Air Crash
White, Harry E Jr. PVT Army Oakland 16 July 1950 Killed in Action
White, James R E PFC Marines Pontiac 22 Aug 1952 Killed in Action
Williams, John Jr. SGT Army Oakland 23 May 1951 Killed in Action
Williams, Lester D PFC Marines Hazel Park 15 Aug 1952 Mortally Wounded in Action
Wilson, James W PFC Marines Pontiac 27 Oct 1952 Killed in Action

*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.

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