The Virtual St. Louis Korean War Memorial 

St. Louis City and County

Those that Died from Hostile Action,

including Missing and Captured.

Korean War.

The active fighting lasted three years 1950 to 1953 and the United States lost 54,246 service personnel. Below are the names of St. Louis City and County residents that were killed in action or captivity.

 Technically the Korean War has never ended. A cease fire was signed on July 27, 1953 but shots continue to be exchanged across the demilitarized zone as late as 2005. North Korea proclaims itself a "People's Democratic Republic" but it is anything but democratic and the people suffer at the hands of an evil dictator worse than any monarchy ever subjected upon its people. For an alleged violation of party doctrine , entire families of the condemned are rounded up sent off to labor camps. What few possessions they own, these are taken away by "Communist" party officials.  Children are beaten, starved, abandoned, brutally murdered or forced to labor under unbearable conditions. Yet plump dictators like Kim Il Sung or Kim Jong Il masquerade as the head of a "People's Democracy".  This is a country where every home must display the portraits of the dictators and dust them daily or else risk arrest.

Anyone doubting the brutality or seeking more information is recommended to read, "Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag, The Aquariums of Pyongyang", by Kang Chol-Hwan, ISBN 0-465-01104-7. It is written by a refugee, raised among the privileged Party elite, sent to the labor reeducation camps at the age of nine, and survived to tell the story that many could not.  With a country that has such blatant disregard for its own people, we can be assured that the welfare of the rest of the world is in danger, by its willingness to sell weapons to anyone willing to purchase them, including terrorist nations.

It should not ever be forgotten that St. Louis City and County residents died fighting against this evil regime. Had the People's Republic of Chinas not sent in Chinese forces under Mao Zedong's catastrophic* leadership, the entire Korean peninsula would have been freed by U.S., South Korean and UN efforts.  Since that time millions of North Koreans have died from executions, mistreatment in the forced labor camps, and from starvation while people belonging to the Party live a life of luxury. Today it is believed to be at least 200,000 persons being held in the political gulags alone. If they escape, they risk being shot or being returned by Chinese border guards, then executed. Time will tell how this human catastrophe will unfold. The war has not officially ended, and the final chapter or its history has yet to be written.

Korean War Battle Causalities (Killed, MIA, wounded):

U.S., South Korea and UN Allies: 1,271,244 to 1,818,410

Chinese (PRC), North Koreans: 1,858,000 to 3,822,000 (including hundreds of Russian Air Force Pilots)

*Even by Chinese standards, Mao Zedong's administration was as disaster. The Chinese Communist Party now declares the "cultural Revolution" with its mass executions, and purging of intellectuals as a national "Catastrophe".

Anyone desiring to submit photos, soldier biographies, or obituary articles, are encouraged to do so. These items will be hyperlinked to the individual soldier's name, so our community will never forget they walked on the very ground we walk. Please St. Louis City/County American Local History Network (ALHN) Coordinator, Scott K. Williams.

St. Louis City / County KIA, MIA or Died in Captivity:

• AIR FORCE, MARINES, NAVY (LISTED BY CITY)
• ARMY (ST. LOUIS COUNTY)
• ARMY (CITY OF ST. LOUIS)
• LINKS

AIR FORCE, MARINES, NAVY (LISTED BY CITY)

CLAYTON

FERGUSON

MAPLEWOOD

OVERLAND

PINELAWN

ROBERTSON

UNIVERSITY CITY

CITY OF ST. LOUIS

UNKNOWN LOCATION MISSOURIAN

END OF AIR FORCE, MARINE, and NAVY Listing

U.S. ARMY

Died from Hostile Action, including Missing and Captured.

Korean War, 1950-1957

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, U.S. ARMY

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, U.S. ARMY

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

Anyone desiring to submit photos, soldier biographies, or obituary articles, is welcome. These items will be hyperlinked to the individual soldier's name, so our community will never forget they walked on the very ground we walk.   Please St. Louis City/County American Local History Network (ALHN) Coordinator, Scott K. Williams.

LINKS:

History of St. Louis Air National Guard Korean War Coverage (by Wilbur Tackaberry, CMS USAF Ret.)

Missouri Listing for Korean War Dead (All Counties)

Illinois Listing for Korean War Dead (All Counties)

Korean War Burials (Graves overseas, American Battle Monuments Commission)

National Cemetery Grave Search (includes search tool for Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery)

The National Korean War Memorial (Washington DC)

The Korean War Project

Korean War by Wikipedia

Free Veteran Graphics