Burgess A. Gibson from Montour County Washingtonville, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gibson, Burgess A.
Gibson, Dale D.
Private
Dale D. Gibson from Allegheny County Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gibson, James M.
Private
James M. Gibson from Montour County Danville, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Died of wounds
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gidley, Frank
Private
Frank Gidley from Fayette County Uniontown, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gieneatarino, Nicola
Private
Nicola Gieneatarino from Indiana County Clarksburg, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Gilbert, Luther M.
Private
Luther M. Gilbert from Columbia County Berwick, Pennsylvania .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Unknown
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War
Brooks, Gilbert Burton
Army Corporal
Gilbert Burton Brooks from Philadelphia County Pennsylvania.
Parents: Mary F. Brooks
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
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 Gilbert Burton Brooks joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of Battery A, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. On December 1, 1950, he was captured by enemy forces in the vicinity of Somindong, as his unit made their fighting withdrawal from the Kunu-ri area. He was marched to Camp 5, a prison camp on the bank of the Yalu River in Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died in March 1951. He was buried on a hill overlooking the camp, but his remains have not been located or identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, Sergeant Brooks 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 (1954)
Christiana, John Burke
Army Private 1st class
John Burke Christiana, age 20, from Lackawanna County Olyphant, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Margaret Jones
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
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 John Burke Christiana, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by the CCF during the fighting withdrawal from Kunu-ri on November 11, 1950. He was marched to a holding point near the Pukchin-Tarigol Valley in North Korea, where he died of exhaustion and pneumonia in January 1951. His remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted for. Today, Corporal Christiana 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, Scranton Tribune (1954)
Crawley, Benjamin Ritten
Army Corporal
Benjamin Ritten Crawley from Philadelphia County Pennsylvania.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
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 Benjamin Ritten Crawley joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of Battery C, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. On December 1, 1950, he was captured by enemy forces during his unit’s fighting withdrawal from the Chongchon River area toward Sunchon. SGT Crawley was marched to Camp 5, a prison camp on the bank of the Yalu River in Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died in May 1951. He was not identified among remains returned to U.S. custody after the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Crawley 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
Dougherty, Bernard Patrick
Army Private 1st class
Bernard Patrick Dougherty from Schuylkill County Neshaminy, Pennsylvania .
Parents: John J. Dougherty
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Unknown
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 Bernard Patrick Dougherty joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and served with the Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured on December 1, 1950, as his unit provided direct fire support to 2nd Infantry Division troops withdrawing from Kunu-ri south to Sunchon, North Korea. He was marched to Camp 5 at Pyoktong on the Yalu River and died shortly after arriving March 7, 1951. Although he was buried near the camp, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Corporal Dougherty 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 (1953)