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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

Wilson, Charles Earl
Army Private 1st class

Charles Earl Wilson, age 29, from Maryland, Baltimore City 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. Corporal Charles Earl Wilson, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. By midnight on November 1, 1950, the 8th Cavalry Regiment was forced to withdraw from Unsan to Ipsok to avoid encirclement by the enemy. The CCF infiltrated the road out of Unsan and launched continous attacks on the withdrawing men, who had to fight through several enemy roadblocks to reach Ipsok. Corporal Wilson went missing in action during this fighting withdrawal. He was never reported as a prisoner of war, and he remains unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Wilson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Jones, Arthur Macon
Army Corporal

Arthur Macon Jones from Maryland, Baltimore City county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Tuesday, October 31, 1950
Death details: On July 5, 1950, Task Force Smith, the first U.S. ground element to engage North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) troops, was defending a position north of Osan, South Korea. The Task Force’s goal was to delay enemy forces by blocking their movement down the road south from Suwon to Taejon, which was a major avenue of advance for the NKPA. That morning, the Task Force was engaged by a column of enemy tanks. The anti-tank weapons that the infantrymen employed were ineffective, and a large number of tanks broke through their position. Task Force Smith was forced to withdraw to the south, suffering heavy casualties in the process. Sergeant Arthur Macon Jones, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. His unit was part of Task Force Smith, and he was captured by enemy forces on July 5, 1950, and marched to a temporary prison compound at Manpo, North Korea. After a brief rest, his group proceeded to the Apex prison camps near the Yalu River; however, SGT Jones was too weak to continue. His companions were forced to leave him, and it is believed that he died at Manpo on October 31. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Sergeant Jones is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Bullington, Harry Lafayette
Army 2nd lieutenant

Harry Lafayette Bullington, age 24, from Maryland, Baltimore City 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. First Lieutenant Harry Lafayette Bullington Jr., who entered the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He went missing while attempting to cross 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, First Lieutenant Bullington is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Doyle, Lawrence Austin
Army Private 1st class

Lawrence Austin Doyle from Maryland, Baltimore county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, July 16, 1950
Death details: On the evening of July 15, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 19th Infantry Regiment held defensive positions along the south bank of the Kum River. As dusk approached, North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) tanks appeared on the opposite shore and began firing on the U.S. positions. Although U.S. troops repulsed the attacks that evening, the next morning the NKPA crossed the river and launched a major attack against the 19th Regiment. As the regiment began withdrawing south to Taejon, the North Koreans pushed deep into their defensive lines and set up a roadblock en route to Taejon. When retreating American convoys could not break through the roadblock, soldiers were forced to leave the road and attempt to make their way in small groups across the countryside. Of the 900 soldiers in the 19th Infantry when the Battle of Kum River started, only 434 made it to friendly lines. Corporal Lawrence Austin Doyle entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and served with Company D, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured on July 16, during the Battle of Kum River, while his unit was attempting to withdraw around an enemy roadblock outside Taejon. As a prisoner of war (POW), he was marched to villages near Kosan, then back to Manpo, in preparation for a much longer trek to the “Apex” POW camps along the Yalu River. On October 28, while waiting to depart Manpo, CPL Doyle died among his comrades and was likely buried near the camp. His remains have not been returned to U.S. custody following the war, and he remains unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Doyle is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Middlekauff, Raymond H.
Army Private 1st class

Raymond H. Middlekauff from Maryland, Baltimore City county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, December 4, 1944
Death details: On April 8, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Raymond H. Middlekauff, missing from World War II. Private First Class Middlekauff entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company F, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on December 4, 1944, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, near Grosshau, Germany. Attempts to locate PFC Middlekauff following his loss were unsuccessful. In June 1946, a set of remains was recovered from a minefield in the woods west of Grosshau, near the area of PFC Middlekauff’s loss. These remains could not be identified at the time and were eventually interred as an unknown at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium. In 2018, following a historical and anthropological review, DPAA officials recommended that these remains be disinterred for further scientific testing and identification. DPAA analysts used modern forensic techniques to identify PFC Middlekauff from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Dickinson, William H.
Army Private

William H. Dickinson from Maryland, Allegany county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, June 4, 1944
Death details: On May 17, 1944, U.S. and Chinese troops began the siege of Myitkyina, Burma. The town, which was occupied by the Japanese, possessed a strategically vital airstrip that would allow supplies and aerial support to reach troops fighting in difficult jungle terrain of the China-Burma-India Theater. While Chinese units comprised the majority of the ground combat troops, the U.S. Army’s 5307th Composite Unit, also known as Merrill’s Marauders, was also active in the fighting. The Japanese were able to defend the town until August 3, 1944, when their remaining men were ordered to withdraw. Hard fighting, difficult terrain, and the outbreak of disease led to significant casualties among the Chinese and American units that fought to take control of the town. Private William H. Dickinson joined the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company B, 236th Engineer Combat Battalion. He was killed in action on June 4, 1944, during the siege of Myitkyina. Private Dickinson’s remains were not recovered at the time of his loss, and he has not been identified among remains recovered from the area after the war. Today, Private Dickinson is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Beard, Lawrence R.
Army Private 1st class

Lawrence R. Beard, age 27, from Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, November 4, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor and food and water supplied extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Private First Class Lawrence R. Beard, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served in the 803rd Engineers Aviation Battalion in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender and died of malnutrition at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on November 4, 1942. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private First Class Beard is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Wilson, Woodrow
Army Staff sergeant

Woodrow Wilson from Maryland, Somerset county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, August 10, 1942
Death details: Following the Allied surrender on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, the Japanese began the forcible transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war to various prison camps in central Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippines. The largest of these camps was the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp. At its peak, Cabanatuan held approximately 8,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war that were captured during and after the Fall of Bataan. Camp overcrowding worsened with the arrival of Allied prisoners who had surrendered from Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Conditions at the camp were poor, with food and water extremely limited, leading to widespread malnutrition and outbreaks of malaria and dysentery. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, approximately 2,800 Americans had died at Cabanatuan. Prisoners were forced to bury the dead in makeshift communal graves, often completed without records or markers. As a result, identifying and recovering remains interred at Cabanatuan was difficult in the years after the war. Staff Sergeant Woodrow Wilson joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from Michigan and was a member of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of dysentery on August 10, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Staff Sergeant Wilson is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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