Gary Bruce Gorton, age 25, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Richard Gorton
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 17, 1966
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Herald News (1966), Morning Call (1966)
Duane Frederick Barlow, age 26, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Fred M. Barlow
Service era: Korea
Schools: Attended high school in Pottersville, Warren County.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 4, 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. Corporal Duane Frederick Barlow, who joined the U.S. Army from New York, was a member of the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on December 1, 1950. He was eventually marched to POW Camp 5, a prison camp on the bank of the Yalu River in North Korea, where he died in July 1951. His remains have not been recovered, and he was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Barlow 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, Times Record (1954)
Walton Raymond White, age 25, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Anna White
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Friday, August 11, 1950
Death details: On August 10, 1950, members of the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment combined with Battery C of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion as Task Force Bradley. The task force was directed to defend the city of P’ohang-dong, and Yonil Airfield, South Korea, from an impending attack by North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) forces. Late that day, Task Force Bradley moved along the main road toward P’ohang-dong and Yonil. Much of the task force reached Yonil shortly before midnight; however, during the early hours of August 11, NKPA fighters ambushed one company and four vehicles from Battery C were ambushed by NKPA fighters, preventing the ambushed men from reaching their destination.
Corporal Walton Raymond White, who joined the U.S. Army from New York, served with Battery C, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action on August 11, 1950, as his unit, attached to Task Force Bradley, was ambushed by enemy forces near Angang-ni. His body could not be immediately recovered because of the enemy presence on the battlefield. American Graves Registration Service teams searched the battlefield carefully for remains in 1952 and again in 1953 but were not successful in locating Corporal White. Today, Corporal White 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, Times Record (1950)
Harry Randolph Holmes, age 19, from Washington County Hudson Falls, New York .
Parents: Samuel B. Holmes
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for February 11, 2021
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Glens Falls Post Star (1942)