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killed in the Korea War

JARNAGIN, OLSON, SAMPLE, RIDER

Posted By: Harold Davis (email)
Date: 7/6/2008 at 09:09:03

I am involved in a very unusual project. I am searching for families of your native sons that were lost in the Korean war. The query pasted below will explain just what I am doing.
Thanks,
Harold Davis

I am searching for the family of four soldiers who was killed in the Korea War. When they entered service they gave Polk County, Iowa as their home of record.

J. D. JARNAGIN
Born: May 15, 1927. Caucasian
Date of loss: April 22, 1951. MIA
US55015571
E Co 5th RCT

HAROLD BERNARD OLSON
Born: March 17, 1918. Caucasian
Date of loss: Feb. 12, 1951, POW
ER37772791
D Co 38th Inf Rgt 2nd Inf Division

WILLIAM BURREL SAMPLE
Born: April 2, 1928. Black
Date of loss: November 27, 1950 MIA
RA17274251
L Co 15th Inf Rgt 3rd Inf Division

RICHARD GLENN RIDER
Born: 1925. Caucasian

Date of loss: November 1, 1952. MIA

478458

VF-884 Ftr Sqd USS Kearsarge

When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years ago. Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families have not been located. There are 20 families from Iowa that have not been located. There are four families from Polk County that has not been located.

When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for proper burial. I am just an old (78 years) Combat Veteran out of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find these families. For more information on the project you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost families with the proper agency.

I will be grateful for any assistance in locating these families.

Harold Davis
40th Infantry Division
Korea '52-'53
910-791-2333
hgdavis@bellsouth.net


 

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