Hartford County Maryland

Parlett, Langdon
Navy Seaman

Langdon Parlett, age 19, from Churchville, Maryland, Harford county.

Service era: War on Terror

Parents: Leroy and Etta Parlett

School: Harford Christian (1999)

Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.

Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy

Chapman, Richard A.
Army Private 1st class

Richard A. Chapman from Maryland, Hartford county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Wednesday, January 31, 1951
Death details: On November 25, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked en masse all along the U.S. Eighth Army front on both sides of the Ch’ ongch’ on River in northwestern North Korea. The 2nd Infantry Division and supporting units, vastly outnumbered, were forced to conduct fighting withdrawals to the south to prevent Chinese flanking maneuvers. Chinese troops overran some of the artillery and mortar units that were in positions along the River during the beginning of their offensive.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Whitacre, Hugh D.
Army Master sergeant

Hugh D. Whitacre from Maryland, Hartford county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, November 26, 1950
Death details: On November 25, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked en masse all along the U.S. Eighth Army front on both sides of the Ch’ ongch’ on River in northwestern North Korea. The 2nd Infantry Division and supporting units, vastly outnumbered, were forced to conduct fighting withdrawals to the south to prevent Chinese flanking maneuvers. Chinese troops overran some of the artillery and mortar units that were in positions along the River during the beginning of their offensive. Master Sergeant Hugh Douglas Whitacre entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and served with C Company, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action by enemy forces on November 26, while 2nd Infantry Division units were defending the Ch’ongch’on River line. His remains were not recovered at the time of his loss and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Master Sergeant Whitacre is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Warren, T. P.
Army Sergeant

T. P. Warren, age 33, from Maryland, Hartford county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Sergeant First Class T.P. Warren, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, was a member of Company B, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion. Three companies of the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion had been positioned near Unsan to provide support to the ROK infantry regiments in the area. After midnight on November 1, 1950, U.S. forces near the town were ordered to withdraw to avoid encirclement by the enemy. CCF roadblocks and constant small arms fire led to heavy casualties among the withdrawing men, and a firing platoon of Company B was caught behind enemy lines and overrun during the withdraw. Sergeant First Class Warren went missing in action during this moving battle. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted for. Today, Sergeant First Class Warren is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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