Source:United States. Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953

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Source Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953
Author Adjutant General's Office
Coverage
Place United States
Korea
Year range 1950 - 1953
Subject Military records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher National Archives and Records Administration
Citation
Adjutant General's Office. Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953. (National Archives and Records Administration).
Repositories
National Archives - Access to Archival Databases (United States)Record Group 407Free website
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Other title: "U.S. Army Korean War Casualty File, 1950-1953"

Coverage dates: 13 Feb 1950 to 31 Dec 1953

Scope and content note:

The series contains information about U.S. Army officers and soldiers who were casualties in the Korean War. According to the variable "casualty type," 27,727 records are for Army personnel who died, including personnel who died while a prisoner of war or missing in action. The remaining 82,248 records are for nonfatal Army casualties. The information on each casualty includes: name, service prefix and number, grade, (Army) branch, place of casualty, date of casualty, state and county of residence, type of casualty, detail/previous casualty type, casualty group, place of disposition, date of disposition, year of birth (for deceased casualties only), military occupational specialty, organization troop program sequence number, element sequence, unit number, race, component, and disposition of evacuations.