Tag: Allegheny County Pennsylvania

John Arthur Albrecht from Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Corporal John Arthur Albrecht, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12, 1950, near Chochiwon, and forced to march north to a prison camp at Hanjang-ni, where he died of exhaustion and pneumonia on an unspecified date in January, 1951. Although he was buried by his fellow prisoners near the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Albrecht is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Robert Thomas Kelly from Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class Robert Thomas Kelly, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with the Medical Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12 near Chochiwon and forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea. He died of exhaustion and pneumonia on an unspecified date in January, 1951, at the camp at Hanjang-ni, and was buried by his companions at the edge of the village. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Kelly is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency