State of Maryland

Addicks, Edward Joseph
Army Recruit

Edward Joseph Addicks, age 24, from Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Polytechnic Institute (1956)

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Baltimore Evening Sun (1961)

Decoteau, Charles L.
Army Recruit

Charles L. Decoteau, age 18, from Marlboro, Maryland, Prince George’s county.

Parents: Mrs. Edgar M. Denning

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduate of Edwards Military Institute in Salemburg, North Carolina

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Mountain View in San Bernardino, California

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com, Baltimore Evening Sun (1961)

Hohman Jr., Frank Andrew
Army Recruit

Frank Andrew Hohman Jr., age 17, from Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Oak Lawn in Eastpoint, Maryland

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com, Baltimore Evening Sun (1961)

Jackson, Michael Robert
Army Recruit

Michael Robert Jackson, age 17, from Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore county.

Parents: Helen Jackson

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: School No. 45

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Baltimore National

Source: Associated Press (1961), findagrave.com, Baltimore Evening Sun (1961)

Dye, Dailey Francis
Marines Private 1st class

Dailey Francis Dye from Hagerstown, Maryland.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Monday, November 30, 1953
Death details: On the evening of November 27, 1950, a huge Chinese force launched an attack against the U.S. and United Nations (UN) troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in north-east North Korea. The resulting seventeen-day conflict became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. After a fierce defense, U.S. and UN forces attempted to withdraw south from the Chosin Reservoir to the port of Hungnam. A single seventy-eight-mile roadway connecting the reservoir to Hungnam offered the only retreat route, and the withdrawing men faced significant enemy resistance as they traveled down it, attempting to avoid encirclement. After suffering heavy casualties, the U.S. and UN troops eventually broke through Chinese lines and reached Hungnam. Private First Class Dailey Francis Dye joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Maryland and was a member of the Ammunition Company, 1st Ordnance Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He went missing in action against enemy forces near Hagaru-ri, North Korea, as his unit made its fighting withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir on November 30, 1950. Private First Class Dye was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the conflict’s ceasefire. Today, Private First Class Dye is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Devone, George Dewey
Army Private 1st class

George Dewey Devone, age 29, from Baltimore County Maryland.

Parents: Estella Devone

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, March 11, 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 George Dewey Devone, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with Battery A, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, when his unit was overrun by enemy troops during a fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri south to Sunchon. He was marched north to a temporary prison camp Pukchin Tarigol Valley in North Korea, and died there on March 11, 1951, of pneumonia, exhaustion and malnutrition. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Corporal Devone 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, Raleigh News and Observer (1951)

Trail, Joseph Hayes
Army Corporal

Joseph Hayes Trail, age 19, from Frederick County Knoxville, Maryland .

Parents: Clarence Trail

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, January 20, 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. Sergeant Joseph Hayes Trail, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with the Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces as his unit fought through a heavily defended roadblock during their withdrawal to Sunchon. Sergeant Trail was held with other prisoners near Sunchon for several weeks while their captors waited for word that a holding camp farther north was available to accommodate the prisoners. On January 20, 1951, SGT Trail died of malnutrition while near Sunchon. There is no record of a burial location, and his remains have not been identified among those returned to the U.S. following the war. Today, Sergeant Trail is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Frederick News (1951)

Dillard, Floyd Nathaniel
Army Private 1st class

Floyd Nathaniel Dillard, age 21, from Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland .

Parents: Mammie Dillard

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, December 30, 1950
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 Floyd Nathaniel Dillard, who joined the U.S. Army from Maryland, served with Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on December 1, 1950, as his unit provided covering fire to withdrawing soldiers of the 38th Infantry Regiment. He was marched north to a temporary prison camp in the Pukchin Tarigol Valley, where he died on December 30, 1950 of exhaustion and pneumonia while under the care of a captured Army doctor. Although he was buried near the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Corporal Dillard 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, Philadelphia Inquirer (1951)

Delauter, Roy C.
Army Corporal

Roy C. Delauter from Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On January 18, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Roy Charles Delauter, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant Delauter entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On November 27, 1950, his unit was positioned on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces launched a large-scale surprise attack against U.S. forces at the reservoir. On December 1, the huge numerical superiority of the CCF forced the 32nd Infantry to withdraw southward to friendly lines at Hagaru-ri to the south. Constant enemy fire and roadblocks made the withdrawal route extremely treacherous. SGT Delauter was reported missing in action on December 2, 1950, following the withdrawal to Hagaru-ri. In 2018, the DPRK returned fifty-five boxes of remains purported to be those of U.S. servicemembers killed during the war to the United States. One of these boxes reportedly contained remains from Sinhung-ri, on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir where SGT Delauter was lost. Laboratory analysis led to the identification of one set of these remains as those of SGT Delauter.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Wishon, David J. Jr.
Army Private 1st class

David J. Jr. Wishon from Maryland, Baltimore City county.

Service era: Korea
Military history: Medical Company, 31st Infantry Division

Date of death: Friday, December 1, 1950
Death details: Declared missing in action after his unit was heavily attacked by enemy forces in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Due to a prolonged lack of information regarding his status, a military review board amended his status to deceased in 1953. Between 1990 and 1994, North Korea returned to the United States 208 boxes of commingled human remains, which when combined with remains recovered during joint recovery operations in North Korea, included the remains of at least 600 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents included in the repatriation indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the area where Wishon was believed to have died. Additionally, in October 2000, a joint U.S./North Korea recovery team recovered human remains from an alleged burial site in Kujang, North Korea. To identify Wishon’s remains, scientists from DPAA and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools, consisting of two forms of DNA analysis, including mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat DNA, which matched his sisters.

Source: National Archives, Department of Defense

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