Porter County in the Korean WarCasualties of the Korean War from Porter County . . . .
The following information concerning Porter County
residents who died while serving in the military during the Korean War was obtained from
numerous newspaper sources and government databases, as well as from the following source:
Records of the Adjutant General's Office. Korean War Casualty File, February
13, 1950 to December 31, 1953 and Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded
Army Casualties, 1950-1970. Record Group 407. College Park, Maryland:
National Archives and Records Administration.
Background Information
The Korean War refers to the warfare between North Korea (Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK), which began
on June 25, 1950, and paused with an armistice signed July 27, 1953. The war was
a consequence of both countries aggressively attempting Korean national
reunification under their respective governments. Despite reunification talks in
the months preceding open warfare, their continual cross-border skirmishes and
raids at the 38th Parallel, and the political frustration of failed all-Korea
elections in 1948, escalated to warfare. The reunification negotiations ceased
when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The United States and the
United Nations (UN) intervened on the side of the South. After a rapid UN
counteroffensive reversing the initial North Korean invasion, the People's
Republic of China (PRC) intervened on the side of the North. The fighting ended
with an armistice that approximately restored the original border between the
Koreas; it became the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Below is presented
a list of Porter County citizens that perished while serving in the Korean War.
This casualty list in very likely to be incomplete and, perhaps, incorrect. We
have attempted to verify Porter County casualties by researching Porter County
newspapers to confirm residence.
Porter County Korean War Casualties
Information abstracted by Steven R. Shook