POW/MIA Korean War Pierce Co. Appenfelder, Johnson, Jones, Lamoson, Leonberger, Masterson, Maxwell, Richards, Wofford
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POW/MIA Korean War Pierce Co. Appenfelder, Johnson, Jones, Lamoson, Leonberger, Masterson, Maxwell, Richards, Wofford
| powmiadna (View posts) | Posted: 25 Jun 2008 1:59PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Appenfelder, Johnson, Jones, Lampson, Leonberger, Masterson, Maxwell, Richards, Wofford
I am searching for the family of nine soldiers who was killed in the Korea War. When they entered service they gave Pierce County, Washington as their home of record.
JOSEPH F APPENFELDER
Born: 1922 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30 1950 POW
EUGENE PIERCE JOHNSON
Born: August 14, 1917 Caucasian
Date of loss; Feb. 12 1951 POW:
WILLIE D JONES
Born: 1920 Black
Date of loss: December 1, 1950 MIA
HAROLD LYLE LAMPSON
Born: 1915 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
KARL LEONBERGER
Born: 1907 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
HAROLD ALEXANDER MASTERSON
Born: 1911 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
RAYMOND BERNARD MAXWELL
Born: 1920 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 KIA
FLINT B RICHARDS
Born: 1911 Caucasian
Date of loss: Feb. 12, 1951 POW
LAWRENCE RAYMOND WOFFORD
Born: 1927 Caucasian
Date of loss: December 1, 1950 POW
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 46 families from Washington that have not been located. There are nine families from Pierce 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 (76 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
JOSEPH F APPENFELDER
Born: 1922 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30 1950 POW
EUGENE PIERCE JOHNSON
Born: August 14, 1917 Caucasian
Date of loss; Feb. 12 1951 POW:
WILLIE D JONES
Born: 1920 Black
Date of loss: December 1, 1950 MIA
HAROLD LYLE LAMPSON
Born: 1915 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
KARL LEONBERGER
Born: 1907 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
HAROLD ALEXANDER MASTERSON
Born: 1911 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 POW
RAYMOND BERNARD MAXWELL
Born: 1920 Caucasian
Date of loss: November 30, 1950 KIA
FLINT B RICHARDS
Born: 1911 Caucasian
Date of loss: Feb. 12, 1951 POW
LAWRENCE RAYMOND WOFFORD
Born: 1927 Caucasian
Date of loss: December 1, 1950 POW
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 46 families from Washington that have not been located. There are nine families from Pierce 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 (76 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