Trubee, Donald William
Army Private 1st class

Donald William Trubee from Ohio, Montgomery county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1953
Death details: Late at night on June 10, 1953, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched an attack against an important American outpost known as “Outpost Harry,” which commanders had deemed a “major outpost…to be held at all costs.” Following hours of intense bombardment, Chinese infantry attacked the American trench lines in front of the outpost. The CCF succeeded in capturing the trenches but intense hand-to-hand combat kept the CCF from advancing farther. Attacks persisted through the next day and late into June 11. By the morning of June 12, the Chinese forces withdrew. Similar assaults continued on “Outpost Harry” through the next week. Corporal Donald William Trubee entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in K Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He went missing during the CCF assault on “Outpost Harry.” CPL Trubee has not been associated with any remains returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Trubee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency