Jeffrey D. Reel, age 21, from Indiana, Knox county.
Parents: David and Diana Reel
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: South Knox High (1987)
Date of death: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Death details: Killed in a traffic accident during maneuvers in Saudi Arabia
Cemetery: Wildwood in Vincennes
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Lafayette Journal and Courier (1991)
William Robert Jester from Indiana, Switzerland county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, June 16, 1951
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 William Robert Jester, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11 as his unit fought a series of delaying actions south from Pyongtaek to Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, where he died of exhaustion and malnutrition on June 16, 1951 at the camp near An-dong. He was buried at the edge of the compound; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal Jester 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 Allen Coleman, age 22, from Indiana, Vermillion county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, April 25, 1951
Death details: On May 23, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant First Class James Allen Coleman, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant First Class Coleman entered the U.S. Army from Indiana and was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On April 25, 1951, he was reported missing in action near Chipori, South Korea, after an enemy mortar shell struck his location. The tactical situation at the time prevented search efforts for SFC Coleman or his remains at the time of his loss. In April of 1953, an American Graves Registration Service Group recovered remains from the village of Tumun-gol, South Korea, in an area corresponding with the 19th Infantry Regiment’s fighting in April 1951. This set of remains was determined to be unidentifiable, and was buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2019, as part of the larger effort to disinter and identify all Korean War unknowns, this set of remains were disinterred and accessioned into the DPAA laboratory. Circumstantial evidence and laboratory analysis established the remans as those of SFC Coleman. Sergeant First Class Coleman is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Donald Fredrick Magnus from Indiana, Vanderburgh county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, January 4, 1951
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 Donald Frederick Magnus joined the U.S. Army from Indiana and was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by North Korean forces during the fighting near Chochiwon on July 12. Corporal Magnus was marched to the “Apex Camps” in northern North Korea near the Yalu River, where he died of exhaustion and pneumonia on January 4, 1951. His remains have not been recovered or identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Corporal Magnus 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 Thomas McIntyre from Indiana, Floyd county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, December 28, 1950
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 James Thomas McIntyre, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11 as his unit fought delaying actions between Pyongtaek and Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died of malnutrition and pneumonia at the camp near Hanjang-ni on December 28, 1950. Although he was buried on a hillside overlooking the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Corporal McIntyre is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George Arthur Frantz from Indiana, Marion county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, December 3, 1950
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 George Arthur Frantz, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 11, as his unit fought a series of delaying actions between Pyongtaek and Chochiwon. He was forced to march north to the Apex prison camps in North Korea, and died on December 3 of exhaustion and pneumonia at the camp near Hanjang-ni. He was buried on a hillside behind the camp; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the cease fire. Today, Private First Class Frantz 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 Robert Dunn, age 26, from Indiana, Knox 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 James Robert Dunn, who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. By midnight on November 1, the 8th Cavalry Regiment was forced to withdraw from the Unsan area. The 3rd Battalion was the last to withdraw, and was surrounded and cut off by the CCF during their movement. They formed a defensive perimeter, and withstood attacks for the next few days before survivors either broke out to avoid capture or surrendered. Sergeant First Class Dunn was lost during the moving battle. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted for. Today, Sergeant First Class Dunn is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Virgil Lee Phillips, age 24, from Indiana, Martin county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On January 23, 2008, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Virgil Lee Phillips, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant Phillips entered the U.S. Army from Indiana and served with Company K of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, members of Battery C were supporting of the 1st Cavalry Division near Unsan, North Korea, north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the “Camel’s Head Bend.” That day, Chinese Communist Forces struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. SGT Phillips was killed during this action, and his body not recovered at the time of his loss. In 2003, a joint U.S./North Korean team excavated a burial site near Unsan and recovered human remains and other material evidence, and U.S. analysts eventually identified SGT Phillips from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Peter Paul Jr. Fluhr, age 18, from Indiana, Scott county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 1950
Death details: On September 3, 1950, the 8th Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Engineer Battalion, both elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, were holding a defensive line between Tabu-dong and Taegu at the upper end of the Naktong Perimeter. Company F of the 8th Cavalry, defending Hill 448, was attacked by elements of North Korea’s 13th Infantry Division and forced to retreat to Hill 449, defended by Company G of the 8th Cavalry. The 8th Cavalry Regiment found itself cut off from its supply train and withdrew from the area to keep from being surrounded by the enemy. Upon reaching the village of Tabu-dong, members of Companies D and E of the 8th Cavalry became involved in hut-to-hut fighting before they could retreat. Meanwhile, elements of the 2nd Engineer Battalion, which had been ordered to take and hold Hill 755, were also forced to withdraw. United States forces did not re-take this territory until September 21, 1950. Corporal Peter Paul Fluhr Jr., who joined the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He went missing in action on September 3, near Kushwa-Dong, approximately eleven miles north of Taegu. He was not reported to be a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Corporal Fluhr is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Everett Dwight Manion, age 19, from Indiana, Montgomery county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, July 22, 1950
Death details: On July 22, 1950, the 2nd Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 35th Infantry Regiment was holding defensive positions along the south bank of the rain-swollen Yong stream, south of Mun’gyong, South Korea. The battalion’s Company F was sent across the stream to reinforce a Republic of Korea (ROK) battalion on the north bank, but the ROK-U.S. position was immediately attacked by North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) forces, separating them from the rest of the 2nd Battalion and flanking Company F on both sides. Company F fell back to the stream’s edge under enemy fire, but the current was too powerful for them to cross and the enemy had seized the nearby bridge. U.S. combat engineers on the south bank attempted to launch rafts for the stranded men but were also pinned down by the NKPA until additional American tanks and infantry arrived to give them covering fire. This enabled the engineers to deploy their rafts and evacuate the men of Company F from the north bank. However, several soldiers were lost to enemy fire or while attempting to cross the swollen stream before the rafts could be launched. Corporal Everett Dwight Manion, who entered the U.S. Army from Indiana, served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He went missing while attempting to swim across the Yong stream during this action on July 22, 1950. He was not associated with any remains later recovered from the area, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Corporal Manion is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency