Mitchell County Genealogy - Korean Conflict Casualties
   Korean Conflict Casualties
   Avery, Mitchell & Yancey Counties, NC



U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED FROM HOSTILE ACTION
(INCLUDING MISSING AND CAPTURED) IN THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-1957

� Cpl. Ben R. Aldridge (Avery NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 11 Sep. 1950.

� Pfc. Bob D. Autrey (Yancey NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 11 November 1951.

� Pvt. Phillip Duncan (Mitchell NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 23 March 1952.

� Pfc. John Hilemon (Yancey NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 04 September 1950.

� Pvt. Lloyd B. Howell (Mitchell NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 30 June 1953.

� Pvt. Luther R. Howell (Avery, NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 13 February 1951.

� Pvt. Gene A. Laws (Green Mountain, NC), U.S. Marines. Killed in action, 12 July 1953.

� Cpl. Lawson Pearson (Mitchell, NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 08 March 1951.

� Cpl. Billy Pendley (Mitchell, NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 27 June 1951.

� MSgt. Jack R. Renfro, Jr. (Yancey, NC), U.S. Army. Died of wounds, 10 September 1950.

� Pvt. J. S. Silvers (Yancey, NC), U.S. Army. Died while missing, 06 July 1953.

� Sfc. David P. Sluder (Avery NC), U.S. Army. Died while missing, 14 July 1950.

� Pfc. Clarence W. Trivett (Mitchell NC), U.S. Army. Died while missing, 02 November 1950.

� Cpl. Hurley Wilson (Yancey, NC), U.S. Army. Killed in action, 31 March 1951.

Notes:

� For persons who died while missing or captured, the date of casualty is the date died or declared dead, not the date declared missing or captured.

� Residence: Army lists county; Air Force, Navy, and Marines list city or town or place.

Source: Korean Conflict Casualty File, 1950-1957 (machine-readable record), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330.


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