An article in The Scranton Times on
July 27, 1953, Pages 1
and 24 lists all servicemen killed or missing in Korea
An article in The (Scranton, PA)
Sunday Times on May 31,
2015, Page A9 lists Lackawanna County casualties in Korea
An article in The (Scranton, PA)
Times-Tribune on June 13,
2018, Pages A1 and A7 lists 14 soldiers that were missing in action in
Korea
and are assumed dead.
Name |
Where From |
Branch of Service |
Rank |
Date of Death |
Newspaper Article |
Notes |
August, Chester Robert |
115 River St., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
November 28, 1950 |
July 27, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 24 |
|
Bailer, Edwin H. |
Thornhurst |
Army |
SGT |
August 8, 1950 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
|
Batluck, Joseph Jack |
1230 Philo St., Scranton |
Marines |
CPL |
August 8, 1950 |
August 14, 1950, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 14 |
First Lackawanna County serviceman killed in the Korean Conflict |
Bell, Beaumont Benjamin 2nd |
22 Church St., Winton |
Army |
PVT |
October 9, 1950 |
November 2, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 38 |
|
Bender, Donald |
Formerly of Moosic |
Army |
PFC |
Undisclosed date |
June 14, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Pages 3 & 7 |
|
Berry, Edmund William |
1925 Jackson St., Scranton |
Marines |
MAJ |
September 21, 1952 |
November 27, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 23 |
|
Birochak, John |
705 Oak St., Old Forge |
Marines |
PFC |
December 3, 1950 |
January 9, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Biross, Leo |
Formerly of Dunmore |
Marines |
PFC |
September 8, 1952 |
November 3, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 9 |
|
Boraski, Anthony Simon |
3267 Pittston Ave., Minooka |
Marines |
SGT |
October 30, 1953 |
June 10, 1954, The Scrantonian, Page 16 |
Listed as missing on December 1, 1950 |
Brophy, Eugene |
502 Sanderson St., Olyphant |
Army |
SGT |
October 4, 1951 |
October 22, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Buraczewski, William |
1206 Lincoln St., Dickson City |
Army |
PFC |
September 12, 1950 |
September 26, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
|
Canterbury, Frederick Paul |
1429 Fordham Ct., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
February 14, 1951 |
August 24, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Officially declared dead on Jume 25, 1951 |
Christiana, John B |
Formerly of Olyphant |
Army |
PFC |
November 30, 1950 |
August 15, 1953, The Scranton Tribune, Pages 1 & 5 |
Missing since that date. Died in a prison camp. Also known as John Christie. |
Cohowitz, William S. |
504 Church St., Old Forge |
Army |
CPL |
May 30, 1951 |
June 25, 1951, The Scranton Times, Pages 3 & 5 |
|
Cummings, John |
Formerly of Carbondale |
Army |
PFC |
November 29, 1951 |
December 13, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 19 |
|
Davidoski, Joseph |
3217 Coyne Ave., Minooka |
Army |
SGT |
April 25, 1951 |
May 14, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 11 |
|
Davies, Howard M. |
1208 Washburn St., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
September 19, 1952 |
July 27, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 24 |
|
Davis, William Tuck |
Clarks Summit |
Army |
LTC |
October 4, 1951 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
|
DeLaney, James G. |
14 Crawford Ave., Simpson |
Army |
PFC |
November 26, 1950 |
December 13, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Page 23 |
|
Di Nardo, Joseph N. |
533 Adams Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
December 2, 1950 |
June 13, 2018, The Times-Tribune, Pages A1 & A |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Domaleski, Robert P. |
712 Ferdinand St., Scranton |
Marines |
SGT |
December 18, 1951 |
January 24, 1952, The Scranton Times, Page 8 |
Missing since March 29, 1951. Declared dead. |
Duchnevich, Edward Sylvester |
58 Owego St., Simpson |
Army |
CPL |
September 22, 1950 |
December 24, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 2 |
|
Eppley, Albert M. |
1823 Ferdinand St., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
November 30, 1950 |
January 7, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Farnam, Glenn W. |
611 Cayuga St., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
October 4, 1951 |
October 22, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Fowler, Harry T |
1315 Winton St., Archbald |
Army |
PFC |
August 11, 1950 |
August 9, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Second Lackawanna County serviceman killed in the Korean Conflict |
Fox, Frank William |
723 Prescott Ave., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
September 2, 1951 |
September 21, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 5 |
Fatally injured in a jeep accident |
Gaylets, Thomas B. |
935 S. Main St., Old Forge |
Army |
CPL |
May 17, 1951 |
August 13, 1943, The Scranton Times, Page 1 |
Captured on that date. Released August 12, 1953. |
Galetie, Michael |
1348 Dartmouth St., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
September 18, 1950 |
October 19, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
Wounded on September 18, 1950 and died on this date |
Gearhart, William Resford |
Formerly of Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
January 3, 1951 |
February 2, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 16 |
Missing since July 12, 1950. Died on malnutrition in POW camp on January 3. |
Greco, Anthony |
Formerly of Dunmore |
Army |
PVT |
November 30, 1951 |
December 8, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 4 |
|
Griffiths, Stanley |
5 Carleton Pl., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
October 18, 1952 |
October 27, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
Killed in a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy |
Gruttadauria, Angelo Vincent |
412 Mortimer St., Dunmore |
Army |
PFC |
September 2, 1950 |
September 16, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
|
Helbing, Harold |
1128 S. Webster Ave., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
November 26, 1952 |
December 11, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 4 |
|
Hull, Leonard Charles |
Formerly of Carbondale |
Army |
SGT |
July 20, 1950 |
March 13, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 7 |
Officially declared dead on March 4, 1954 |
Hunsinger, Robert K. |
East Benton |
Army |
PFC |
April 4, 1951 |
October 13, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 10 |
|
Hushelpeck, Donald James |
1254 Bennett St., Old Forge |
Army |
PFC |
August 6, 1950 |
August 28, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
Died from an accidental gunshot wound |
Johnson, Thomas McCutcheon |
148 Harrison St., Old Forge |
Army |
PVT |
April 25, 1951 |
January 7, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Jones, William Glenn |
86 Smith St., Peckville |
Navy |
MEDICAL CORPSMAN |
March 17, 1953 |
April 2, 1953, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
|
Jordan, Louis J. |
323 N. Blakely St., Dunmore |
Army |
SFC |
May 25, 1951 |
June 18, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 22 |
|
Joyce, Andrew Allen |
Sheldon Rd., Carbondale |
Marines |
CPL |
June 1, 1951 |
June 16, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 9 |
|
Jurkovic, Francis Richard |
316 Dunlap Ct., Peckville |
Army |
PFC |
July 18, 1953 |
August 3, 1953, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Kearns, Paul J. |
Grove St., Moscow |
Air Force |
2nd LT |
September 5, 1950 |
September 22, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Pages 3 & 6 |
Airplane crash somewhere in Japan Previously listed as missing |
Keklak, Basil |
227 Lackawanna St., Jermyn |
Army |
PFC |
August 2, 1950 |
November 27, 1950, The Scranton Times, Pages 3 & 16 |
|
Kennedy, Carlon Francis |
114 Prospect Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PVT |
July 27, 1953 |
August 1, 1953, The Scranton Tribune, Page 1 |
|
Kirkendall, William Glen Jr. |
409 N. Sixth Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
October 12, 1950 |
June 2, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 10 |
|
Krimsky, John |
Taylor |
Army |
SFC |
July 11, 1952 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
|
Krutty, Michael |
Formerly of Olyphant |
Army |
PFC |
January 20, 1952 |
January 26, 1952, The Scranton Times, Page 2 |
|
Langwiser, George |
1122 Monroe Ave., Dunmore |
Army |
CPL |
July 12, 1953 |
June 13, 2018, The Times-Tribune, Pages A1 & A7 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Lenko, John |
119 Olive St., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
September 15, 1951 |
October 3, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Lewis, Alfred J. |
320 Third Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
December 6, 1950 |
January 10, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 6 |
Missing since that date |
Lo Schiavo, John C. |
Old Forge |
Army |
CPL |
November 28, 1950 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
Died in Japan after suffering wounds in Korea |
Mallick, William Jr. |
Formerly of Dunmore |
Army |
PFC |
February 14, 1951 |
February 22, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
Died in Japan after suffering wounds in Korea |
Marion, Robert G. |
108 Robinson St., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
July 20, 1950 |
January 6, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 35 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Maroni, John |
522 Pleasant Ave., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
November 2, 1950 |
June 13, 2018, The Times-Tribune, Pages A1 & A7 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
McCormick, James J. |
1665 Ruane Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
September 28, 1950 |
October 11, 1950, The Scranton Times, Pages 3 & 18 |
|
Melkilo, Edward |
431 Fifth St., Taylor |
Army |
PFC |
September 10, 1950 |
October 13, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
|
Miezejewski, Joseph |
1174 Breaker St., Dickson City |
Army |
PFC |
April 16, 1953 |
May 16, 1953, The Scranton Tribune, Page 5 |
|
Minjack, Joseph |
132 Green Pl., Scranton |
Army |
PVT |
September 3, 1951 |
September 18, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Moats, Melvin Lee |
Jefferson Township |
Army |
PFC |
November 20, 1950 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
|
Morris, Ronald Richard |
Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
September 19, 1950 |
September 30, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Mott, Floyd Jr. |
174 Spruce St., Archbald |
Army |
PVT |
August 19, 1952 |
November 29, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 10 |
Drowned in a stream while trying to save 3 others |
Mushko, Joseph |
Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
July 11, 1952 |
May 31, 2015, The (Scranton, PA) Sunday Times, Page A9 |
|
Newsome, Sterling E. |
Former resident of Scranton |
Air Force |
Airman 1C |
November 22, 1952 |
December 11, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 4 |
Airplane crash from Tacoma, Washington to Anchorage, Alaska |
Noone, Gerald M. Jerry |
317 1/2 Fifteenth Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
March 10, 1951 |
March 27, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Novobilski, Thaddeus |
33 Cemetery St., Simpson |
Army |
PVT |
July 11, 1950 |
November 19, 1984, The Scranton Times, Page 8 |
Wounded and captured on this date. Released August 23, 1953. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Died November 16, 1984. |
Onze, Edward J. |
610 E.Scott St., Olyphant |
Air Force |
MAJ |
September 18, 1950 |
September 13, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 18 |
Missing since that date. Presumed dead on January 7, 1951. Promoted to Major from Captain on July 1, 1951, while still missing |
Patchoski, Edmund Jack |
406 Eynon St., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
April 23, 1951 |
September 6, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 13 |
Captured on that date. Released September 5, 1953. Died November 13, 1997 |
Plevyak, Raymond Thaddeus |
278 Canaan St., Carbondale |
Air Force |
2nd LT |
March 1, 1952 |
January 6, 1954, The Scranton Times, Page 35 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Pope, Joseph |
Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
September 11, 1952 |
January 9, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Ritter, John R. |
311 Cherry St., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
November 2, 1950 |
August 12, 1953, The Scranton Tribune, Pages1 & 9 |
Captured at Unaan, Korea on that date. Released August 11, 1953. |
Roman, Joseph |
435 W. Market St., Scranton |
Army |
CPL |
May 6, 1951 |
October 26, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 15 |
|
Ross, Paul Clement |
1717 Swetland St., Scranton |
Air Force |
CPT |
July 22, 1952 |
July 31, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 13 |
His B-29 crashed returning from Okinawa. Presumed dead. |
Ross, Thomas |
2026 Margaret Ave., Scranton |
Marines |
PFC |
September 26, 1950 |
October 13, 1950, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
|
Santarsiero, Joseph |
424 Warren St., Dunmore |
Army |
PVT |
October 18, 1951 |
November 23, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 16 |
|
Savitski, John Peter Jr. |
1258 Loomis Ave., Taylor |
Marines |
PFC |
October 27, 1952 |
November 3, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 9 |
|
Selenski, Leonard T. |
849 Lincoln St., Dickson City |
Army |
PFC |
September 15, 1950 |
September 11, 1954, The Scranton Times, Page 2 |
Missing since that date. Presumed dead on January 7, 1951 |
Semulka, John Jr. |
516 Meridian Ave., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
June 9, 1951 |
November 17, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 16 |
|
Shaffer, Raymond Clayton |
660 Wales St., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
April 2, 1952 |
April 17, 1952, The Scranton Times, Page 40 |
Suffocated when his bunker collapsed |
Shinkus, Albert |
1928 Clearview St., Scranton |
Army |
PFC |
March 7, 1952 |
March 19, 1952, The Scranton Tribune, Page 12 |
|
Shoback, Frank |
917 S. Sixth St., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
November 30, 1950 |
September 6, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 13 |
Captured on that date. Released September 5, 1953. Died April 12, 2006. |
Shoe, Charles Henry |
1726 Clay Ave., Dunmore |
Army |
PVT |
August 28, 1951 |
September 16, 1951, The Scrantonian, Page 24 |
|
Simms, Wilbert |
643 Kressler Ct., Scranton |
Army |
SGT |
November 27, 1950 |
June 13, 2018, The Times-Tribune, Pages A1 & A7 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Socha, Joseph J. |
115 Delaware St., Jermyn |
Army |
CPL |
September 27, 1951 |
October 22, 1951, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
|
Tuttle, Albert Jr. |
438 Wright Ct., Scranton |
Army |
PVT |
April 23, 1951 |
September 6, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 13 |
Captured on that date. Released August 14, 1953. |
Uguccioni, Edward |
1207 N. Webster Ave., Dunmore |
Army |
PFC |
May 31, 1951 |
November 2, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 12 |
|
Walsh, Robert |
Formerly of Old Forge |
Army |
PVT |
February 21, 1951 |
July 27, 1953, The Scranton Times, Pages 1 & 24 |
|
Wencoski, Frank Paul Jr. |
113 Gibbons St., Dunmore |
Army |
CPL |
July 12, 1951 |
July 27, 1953, The Scranton Times, Page 24 |
Missing since 1950 |
Weaver, Robert Stanley |
55 Devine Ave., Carbondale |
Army |
SGT |
March 25, 1953 |
June 13, 2018, The Times-Tribune, Pages A1 & A7 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
West, George |
519 Olive St., Scranton |
Army |
1st LT |
November 8, 1952 |
January 9, 1954, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
Missing in action of this date. Presumed dead December 31, 1953 |
Wignall, Harry J. |
208 Hall Ave., Clarks Greem |
Army |
WARRANT OFFICER |
November 12, 1950 |
September 28, 1953, The Scranton Times, Page 3 |
Missing since 1950. Was POW in camp in China for 35 months |
Williams, Robert M. |
Formerly of Dunmore |
Army |
SGT |
October 29, 1950 |
November 8, 1950, The Scranton Times, Page 25 |
|
Yablonski, Frank A. |
17 Ollendike St., Throop |
Army |
PFC |
February 9, 1951 |
August 24, 1951, The Scranton Tribune, Page 3 |
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