Jelly, Stuart Raymond
Army 1st lieutenant

Stuart Raymond Jelly, age 33, from Morris County Dover, New Jersey .

Spouse: Concelia M. Jelly

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, May 31, 1951
Death details: On February 5, 1951, Allied forces in Korea launched an offensive against North Korean and Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) north of Wonju. Republic of Korea units and the 38th Infantry Regiment and supporting artillery units, including the 15th and 503rd Field Artillery Battalions, and the 82nd Antiaircraft Artillery and Automatic Weapons Battalion, initially met light resistance on their drive to the north. On February 11, the CCF launched an aggressive counteroffensive that caused the Allies to withdraw back southward. However, the CCF had established a series of roadblocks on the road to the south, forcing the Allies to fight their way back to friendly lines. First Lieutenant Stuart Raymond Jelly entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and was a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On February 12, 1951, he was captured by enemy forces near Saemal, South Korea, during the Regiment’s fighting withdrawal. Following his capture, he was marched toward prisoner holding camps along the Yalu River in North Korea. Repatriated American prisoners of war (POWs) reported that 1LT Jelly died of dysentery and malnutrition at the Suan Bean POW Camp on May 31, 1951. U.S. investigators have not been able to access the area to search for his burial location, and he has not been associated with any remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, First Lieutenant Jelly is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, which was updated in 2022 to include the names of the fallen.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hazard Herald (1953)