Edward P. Forbes, age 20, from Windsor, Colorado, Weld county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, June 24, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Lakeview, Windsor
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Harold C. Geiger, age 20, from Montgomery County Mount Vernon, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Sunday, June 16, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Olen Fultz, age 20, from Ridge Farm, Illinois, Vermilion county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Spring Hill in Danville, Illinois
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com
Oran C. Hooker, age 20, from Mitchell County Colorado City, Texas .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Tuesday, December 11, 1917
Death details: Died of Disease
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Floyd J. Gilbert, age 20, from Morgan County Bostwick, Georgia .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1917
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
John W. Chadwick, age 20, from Tazewell, Tennessee, Claiborne county.
Service era: Early 1900s
Date of death: Thursday, July 21, 1910
Cemetery: Irish in Tazewell
Arthur Paul Hall, age 20, from Worcester County Massachusetts.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Arthur Paul Hall, who joined the U.S. Army from Massachusetts, served with the Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 30, 1950, during the withdrawal to Sunchon. He was marched with a large group of prisoners to POW Camp 5 at Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died of malnutrition sometime in April 1951. He was not identified among the remains returned to the U.S. following the war and is still unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Hall is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Russell George Hamershy, age 20, from Schuylkill County Zerbe, Pennsylvania .
Parents: John Hamershy
Service era: Korea
Schools: Reilly Township High graduate
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Russell George Hamershy, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken captive on December 1, 1950, during his unit’s withdrawal to Sunchon, though the exact circumstances surrounding his capture are not known. Repatriated prisoners of war (POWs) later reported that CPL Hamershy died on or before May 31, 1951, while held captive at the Pyoktong POW Camp 5, North Korea, and was buried nearby. His remains were not among those returned from this area since the ceasefire, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Hamershy is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Pottsville Republican (1951)
Bosie Arnold Adams, age 20, from Park County Butte, Montana .
Parents: Mrs. Elmer M. Francisco
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Bosie Arnold Adams, who joined the U.S. Army from Montana, was a member of the Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the breakout from Kunu-ri. He was eventually marched to Camp 5, a prison camp on the banks of the Yalu River in North Korea, where he died of pneumonia and dysentery in February or March 1951. He was buried near the camp, but his remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Adams 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, Associated Press (1954)
John Burke Christiana, age 20, from Lackawanna County Olyphant, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Margaret Jones
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal John Burke Christiana, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on November 11, 1950. He was marched to a holding point near the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley in North Korea, where he died of exhaustion and pneumonia in January 1951. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Christiana 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, Scranton Tribune (1954)