George Musick, age 32, from Lucas County Chariton, Iowa .
Parents: Anna Musick
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 1950
Death details: On August 31, 1950, the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) engaged in a large-scale offensive against the U.S. defensive line in South Korea. The defensive position, known as the Pusan Perimeter, was intended to prevent NKPA forces from reaching the harbor in Pusan, South Korea, where American reinforcements would arrive. The late-August offensive allowed the NKPA to penetrate deep into allied territory. On September 3, members of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, organized near Yongsan, South Korea and counterattacked the NKPA forces. By September 5, with the help of air and artillery support, the U.S. counteroffensive succeeded in pushing the enemy back across the Naktong River. Sergeant First Class George Musick, who joined the U.S. Army from Iowa, was a member of H Company of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, and he was among men who took part in the counterattack near Yongsan. Sergeant First Class Musick was killed in action against North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) forces on September 3. The tactical situation prevented the recovery of his body, and searches of the Yongsan area following the end of hostilities were unsuccessful in locating his remains. Today, Sergeant First Class Musick 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, Sioux City Journal (1950)
