Mark Andrew Whikehart, age 22, from Arlington, Virginia, Arlington county.
Parents: Ralph W. Whikehart
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 17, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Stephen Arthur Kramer, age 21, from Arlington, Virginia, Arlington county.
Parents: George J. Kramer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Richard Times Dispatch (1970)
Harry Barbour Breeden, age 35, from Arlington County Culpeper, Virginia .
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, February 20, 1951
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. Private First Class Harry Barbour Breeden, who joined the U.S. Army from Virginia, was a member of Battery B, 38th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the withdrawal from Kunu-ri on November 30, 1950. He was marched to a holding point in the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley, where he died of starvation, exposure, and pneumonia on February 20, 1951. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Private First Class Breeden 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, World News (1955)
Carlo Joseph Ortenzi from Virginia, Arlington county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details:
On the evening of November 27, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a massive attack against the U.S. and United Nations troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in northeast North Korea, resulting in a seventeen-day conflict that became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. At the time of the initial CCF attack, members the U.S. Army’s 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments were defending the area north of Sinhung-ni, on the east side of the reservoir. The defenders were overwhelmed by the numerically superior CCF, and on December 1, were forced to withdraw to friendly lines at Hagaru-ri. Chinese roadblocks from Sinhung-ni to Hagaru-ri along with the constant enemy fire from the surrounding high ground, made the withdrawal route extremely dangerous. Eventually, the column was broken into separate segments, which the CCF attacked individually. Many men were lost or captured during the moving battle, with survivors reaching friendly lines in Hagaru-ri on December 2 and 3.
First Lieutenant Carol Joseph Ortenzi, who entered the U.S. Army from Virginia, was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action near the Chosin Reservoir on December 2, 1950, during the withdrawal from Sinhung-ni to Hagaru-ri. Specific details regarding his loss are unknown, and he remains unaccounted-for. Today, First Lieutenant Ortenzi is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Charles Caldwell, age 31, from Virginia, Arlington county.
Spouse: Helen Caldwell
Children: Children
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On December 16, 2010, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class James Charles Caldwell, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant First Class Caldwell entered the U.S. Army from Virginia and was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was killed in action while fighting the enemy along the Nammyon River near Unsan, North Korea, on November 2, 1950, and his body was not recovered at the time. Between 1991 and 1994, the North Korea government repatriated remains of U.S. service members that were exhumed in North Pyongan Province from an area correlating to SFC Caldwell’s loss; in 1993, U.S. analysts used modern forensic techniques to identify SFC Caldwell among the remains recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Associated Press (1950)