Joseph Allen Terrell, age 30, from Lufkin, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On March 6, 2011, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Joseph Allen Terrell, missing from the Korean War. Private First Class Terrell entered the U.S. Army from Texas and served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, members of Company L were occupying a defensive position near Unsan, North Korea, north of a bend in the Kuryong River known as the “Camel’s Head Bend.” That day, elements of the Chinese Communist Forces struck the 1st Cavalry Division’s lines, collapsing the perimeter and forcing a withdrawal. PFC Terrell did not survive this combat, though the details surrounding his loss are not recorded. In 1993, the North Korean government turned over a number of sets of remains of U.S. service members, including service members lost near Unsan, and U.S. analysts eventually identified PFC Terrell from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1954)