Stuck, Kenneth Richard
Army Private 1st class

Kenneth Richard Stuck, age 20, from Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, Dauphin county.

Parents: Mionnie Stuck

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On January 8, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Kenneth Richard Stuck, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Stuck joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On the night of November 1-2, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked U.S. and Republic of Korea forces near Unsan, North Korea, forcing a withdrawal to the south. CPL Stuck’s Company L was part of the screening force that defended the withdrawal route, and he went missing during the fighting against the CCF. CPL Stuck was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not seen or heard from again. In November 1993, the North Korean government returned to U.S. custody a large set of remains they reportedly recovered from the Unsan area. In 2016, advances in forensic techniques enabled the identification of CPL Stuck from among the returned remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Philadelphia Inquirer (1954)