Scott County Arkansas

Bradley, Edgar Newton
Army Private 1st class

Edgar Newton Bradley from Hon, Arkansas, Scott county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 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 Edgar Newton Bradley, who joined the U.S. Army from Arkansas, served with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on July 12, 1950, during the delaying actions between the towns of Pyongt’aek and Chochiwon, and was forced to march north to the Apex camps near the Yalu River in North Korea. He died of exposure, exhaustion, and malnutrition in late November at the prison camp in Chunggang-jin, and was buried at the edge of the village. After the war, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, Corporal Bradley is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Goodwin, John R.
Army Private

John R. Goodwin from Scott County Arkansas.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Tuesday, November 16, 1943
Death details: In November 1942, the U.S. Army’s 32nd Infantry Division regained control of Buna, Papua New Guinea, with its goal of neutralizing an enemy threat to Port Moresby and, ultimately, to the Australian mainland itself. The rugged terrain that the soldiers faced was fiercely defended by Japanese troops and included tidal swamplands with a labyrinth of camouflaged trenches and bunkers. In December 1942, when the 32nd Infantry Division was reinforced with Australian soldiers, Buna finally fell to the Allies; however, malaria and other tropical diseases contributed to a high number of casualties and deaths for the 32nd Infantry Division. Private John R. Goodwin, who joined the U.S. Army from Arizona, was a member of the Anti-Tank Company of the 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. On November 16, 1942, he was killed in action while engaging the enemy on Buna. His remains were not recovered, and attempts to locate them following the end of hostilities were unsuccessful. Today, Private Goodwin is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Frazier, John A.
Private

John A. Frazier, age 30, from Waldron, Arkansas, Scott county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Pilot Prairie in Waldron

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

Faulkner, Thomas C.
Private

Thomas C. Faulkner, age 24, from Denton, Arkansas, Scott county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Sunday, October 6, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com

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