On July 27, 1953 the cease-fire agreement was signed with North Korea thus ending the Korean War. Prisoners were exchanged. When the exchange was complete we were 8,177 servicemen short. There are still over 8,000 American unaccounted for from the Korean War. Most of these died while in the hands of their captors.

The Department of Defense at this time is searching for remains in North Korea. There have been over thirty operations in North Korea to recover the remains of our missing servicemen. When remains are located they are sent to Hawaii where DNA samples are obtained. These DNA samples are then compared to known DNA collected from the family of missing servicemen. Once remains are identified they are returned to the family for proper Burial.

It has been over 50 years and for various reasons the military services has lost contact with the kin of the POW/MIA’s. This is where us as legionnaires can assist. Look at the list and if there is one missing in your area, seek out this family and find a family member. When you locate a family member obtain a name, address and telephone number, call American Legion Department Headquarters, 1-919-832-7506 and forward the information to them. The proper agency will be notified and they will contact the family and make arrangement for obtaining the DNA.

There is not much we can do for the POW/MIA that were left. By locating family members we are assisting in the recovery program. In my area four families have been located and the missing DNA has been submitted.

Contact:
Harold Davis #Post 10
email- hgdavis@bellsouth.net.
910-791-2333
Families of these servicemen are needed to furnish DNA. All are Caucasian unless otherwise stated. Names marked with a red (*) are names of those families found.

Alamance County Willard Franklin Heritage (*) Anson County George Thomas Brower (*) Bertie County Darden D. Miller (*) Buncombe County Don Henry Hyatt (*) Troy Penland (*) Robert Dugger Reed (*) Burke County Charles Wesley Chapman (*) Rex Warner Powell (*) Herman Rose (*) Cabarrus County Daniel Dulin Gerald Lee Lentz(*) Joseph Edward Miller Jack Richardson Caldwell County Fred James Marley (*) Clarence E Patterson, Black (*) Larry Eugene Sell (*) Caswell County Benny Allen Moore, Race ? (*) Catawba County Horace Smith England, Black (*) Chatham County William Edward Council Cleveland County Glenn C. Nye (*) Vernon Damon Stallings (*) Logan Christopher Weathers Columbus County Clarence Earman Lane Earnest E. Rackley (*) Craven County Erwin Robert Mumford (*) C. W. Wright, Black Cumberland County Alva Rudolph Fisher, Black (*) Lee Dona Henry, Black Carl Odell Jernigan (*) Artis McLean, Black Curtis McNeill, Black (*) Davidson County Carl V Hunt (*) Leroy F. King (*) Duplin County Freeman Earl Boykin, Black (*) John William Uptegrove (*) Durham County Hugh John Drennen (*) Leroy McCleain, Black (*) Eric Franklin O'Briant (*) Vincent Ross Rickman (*) Leo Walker, Black (*) Edgecombe County Fletcher Rudolph Thompson (*) Forsyth County William Gray Bell (*) Peter Jack Britton (*) William F. Crouse (*) James W. Roberson, Black Franklin County James Harvey Williamson, Black (*) Gaston County Wallis Jefferson Evans (*) James Dean Pope (*) John Daniel Smith Junior Ray Tucker Gates County Charles Douglas Casper (*) Granville County William Randolph Ingold (*) Gerald Wesley Knott (*) Charles Easton Paraham, Jr. (*) David Robert Jones (*) Guilford County Earl Dockery, Black James Lee Kittrell, Black (*) Jack Lee (*) Winfred L. Reynolds Eugene Schuler, Black (*) Billy Ray White (*) Hertford County Gilberet R. Rose, Jr. (*) Hoke County Vanderberg McKinnon, Black (*) Irdell County J. W. Branton (*) Carl Lewis Forsyth Jr. (*) Cloyd L. Menser Paul Henry Vell Trueheart, Black Jackson County Altie F. Seagle (*) Johnson County Billy Andle Phillips (*) Jones County Herbert Hoover Mattocks, Black (*) Lenoir County William S. Cunningham (*) Lincoln County Ralph Stover, Race ? McDowell County William S. Green (*) Arnold Pitman (*) Noel Edwin White (*) Mecklenburg County Harold Clinkscale, Black Nash County David Avent, Black (*) Morton C. Davis, Black (*) James Edward Mann, Black (*) New Hanover Guy Thornton Eubanks (*) Roscoe Lee Harvey (*) Joseph Edward Murphy (*) Harold Randolph Shepard (*) James Eugene Colley (*) Frank Worley, Black Orange County Otha Paul Stanley (*) Pamilco County Benjamin F. Carr, Black (*) Pitt County Willie J. Edwards, Black James A McCotter, Black (*) Ray Tripp Ezekiel Cleston Mills, Black (*) Randolph County Carl Lewis Kearns (*) James Henry Crutchfield (*) Harry E. Lefler (*) Byron M. Otwell, Jr. (*) Roberson County Arthur James Hall (*) John W. McLellan (*) Rockingham County David Eugene Hardy (*) David Alton Joyce (*) Rowan County James Clarence Wagoner (*) Rutherford County Cameron Flack (*) William Harold Pate (*) Thomas Wray Yelton (*) Sampson County John Ollin Herring, Black (*) Marvin Royal (*) Surry County Merlin Edward Marshall (*) Vance County Charles Edward Ivey (*) Wake County James William Corbin, Black (*) Perry August Dawson (*) Dollie Hedgpeath, Black (*) Clarence Howard Hill, Black (*) Harry Lee Kearney, Black (*) Harry Jerome Parker, Black Washington County John Clinton Blount, Black Wayne County Lindley I Littleton Forrest Lee Price (*) Wilson County John Braxton Johnson (*)

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