Calhoun, Durl Gene
Army Sergeant
Durl Gene Calhoun, age 21, from Leesville, Louisiana, Vernon county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 20, 1970
Cemetery: Rosepine
Source: National Archives, Shreveport Times (1970)
Calhoun, Durl Gene
Martin, James Edward
Army Corporal
James Edward Martin, age 19, from Louisiana, Vernon county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Sunday, December 3, 1950
Death details: On April 27, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant James Edward Martin, missing from the Korean War. SGT Martin joined the U.S. Army from Utah and was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. In late November 1950, Chinese Communist Forces launched a large-scale attack against U.S. troops at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, forcing them to withdraw south. SGT Martin’s unit was stationed on the eastern side of the reservoir at the outset of the attack, and he was reported missing in action once the withdrawal was complete. SGT Martin was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not seen or heard from again. In September 2001, a joint U.S. and North Korean investigative team recovered remains from a site in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir. Forensic analysis eventually revealed some of the recovered remains to be those of SGT Martin. Sergeant Martin is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Lindsay, Max Allen
Army Private
Max Allen Lindsay, age 18, from Vernon County Louisiana.
Parents: Aver B. Lindsay
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, July 20, 1950
Death details: On July 20, 1950, the 3rd Battalion of the U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was holding a defensive line in South Korea overlooking the Taejon Airport, northeast of the city. When enemy tanks broke through the line near the airport, U.S. troops were ordered to fall back through Taejon. The 3rd Battalion was ordered to lead the convoy out of Taejon, but ran into a series of collapsed structures and roadblocks that broke up the column. U.S. forces were unable to break through these roadblocks, and to avoid capture soldiers moved off-road and began filtering through the countryside in small groups. Private First Class Max Allen Lindsay entered the U.S. Army from Louisiana and was a member of Service Battery, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He went missing in action on July 20, 1950, when his battery position was attacked near Taejon. The exact circumstances surrounding PFC Lindsay’s loss are unknown, and he was never reported to be a prisoner of war. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody following the war, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class Lindsay 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, The News Star (1954)