Korean War Casualties Database

Discussion in 'Other Conflicts' started by Kyt, Oct 14, 2007.

  1. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    The recent opening of the Armed Forces Memorial is reminder that casualties continue to this day.

    The Korean Conflict is an oft forgotten war, where Britain lost many service personnel:

    http://www.britains-smallwars.com/korea/index.html

    This database seems to list everyone of these losses, and it appears (though I haven't checked all of them) to have a photograph of each casualty's memorial plaque:

    http://www.uk.or.kr/wargrave/
     
  2. spidge

    spidge Active Member

    Fantastic Kyt.

    This is what I envisage my RAAF site to look like.
     
  3. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Just checked the figures for British casualties and it does seem that all the British killed are listed. The consensus seems to be that there were 1,078 killed in action, 2,674 wounded and 1,060 missing or taken prisoner.
     
  4. morse1001

    morse1001 Guest

    The Korean War is a forgotten war. It took place many thousands of miles away, while life in Britian carried on as normal.

    Anthony Farrar-Hockleys book, The edge of the Sword, gives a vivid picture of life in Korea at the start of the conflict and as his time as a prisoner.

    Max Hasting wrote a good general account but like some many histories of the war, the realse of 104 telegrams concerning the outbreak of the war by Boris yeltsin, the chapters on the origins of the war are dated.
     
  5. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Irish heroes of the Korean War

    http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity/geese/stories/korean.htm

    July 2005

     
  6. spidge

    spidge Active Member

  7. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    U.s. Military Korean War Statistics

    BATTLE DEAD* 33,686 (*Includes 4,735 findings of presumptive death under the Missing Persons Act)

    Killed in Action......................... 23,637
    Died of Wounds........................ 2,484
    Died While Missing (MIA).......... 4,759
    Died While Captured (POW)... 2,806
    Total:....................................... 33,686

    WOUNDED (Number of personnel) 92,134
    WOUNDED (Number of incidences*) 103,284 (*Includes individual personnel wounded multiple times)

    UNACCOUNTED FOR (Bodies not identified/bodies not recovered) 8,176
    Prisoner of War.......................2,045
    Killed in Action.........................1,794
    Missing in Action......................4,245
    Non-battle.....................................92
    Total:.......................................8,176

    PRISONERS OF WAR 7,245

    POWs Returned to U.S. Control........4,418
    POWs Who Died While Captured.....2,806
    POWs Who Refused Repatriation.........21

    NUMBER WHO SERVED IN KOREAN THEATER 1,789,000

    http://www.aiipowmia.com/koreacw/kwkia_menu.html
    (this site also lists all US casualties by state)
     

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