Source Information
Korean Conflict Casualty File, 1/1/1950-2/7/1957; NAID: 1127772; Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War, ca. 1977-11/1979; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
Korean War Casualty File, 2/13/1950-12/31/1953 [Archival Database]; Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties, 1950-1970; AAD: TAGOKOR AAD; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 407; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
About U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
This database is an amalgamation of two databases--one that was created by the Department of Defense and one by the Adjutant General's Office. The database that was created by the Department of Defense is a compilation of information related to U.S. military personnel who died as a result of combat during the Korean War. The database compiled by the Adjutant General's Office contains information on U.S. Army personnel who were casualties in the Korean War. About a quarter of these records are for officers and soldiers that died, while the other three-quarters are of personnel who were non-fatal casualties. Information contained in the overall collection includes:
- Name
- Military Service Branch
- Place of Casualty
- Casualty Group
- File Reference Number
- Processing date
- Service Number
- Military Grade or Rank
- Pay Grade
- Date of casualty or declared dead
- Service Component
- Home City or County
- Home State
- Birth Date (for deceased casualties only)
- Cause of Casualty
- Type of Casualty
- Detail of Casualty
- Aircraft Involvement (Air/Non-Air Casualty)
- Place of Disposition
- Date of Disposition
- Military Occupational Specialty
- Troop Program Sequence Number
- Unit Number
- Race (American Indian, Caucasian, Malayan, Mongolian, Negro, Unknown or Not Reported)
- Sex
- Citizenship (U.S. Citizen or Alien)
- Last Record (all are "yes" for deceased individuals)
- Disposition of Evacuations (Deaths, Returned to Duty, Separated (other than disability), Separated for Disability, Still in Hospital)
- Source (indicates whether the record is from the Department of Defense (Korean Conflict Casualty File) or the Adjutant General's Office (Korean War Casualty File)
Note: not all of this information will be provided for each record. Information given will vary according to source, availability of info, and whether applicable.