The Korean war also known as the Forgotten War or The Fatherland Liberation War was fought between June 1950 and July 1953.It all began when North Korea crossed the boundaries known as the 38th Parallel into South Korea. At first the fight was between the two governments who both wanted control then it escalated into a Multi National War. In June of 1950 when the North Korean crossed the boundaries, World reaction was quick. When North Korea refuses to withdraw the President (Truman) ordered the Air Force and Navy to support South Korea and on that same day War was declared on North Korea. The Canadian Government agreed with this but did not send its forces right away. In July 1950 they sent three destroyers to the Korean waters to serve under United Nation’s command. The 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry were the first to proceed to Korea. There were around 26,791 Canadians who served in the Korean War. The casualties fatal and non fatal totaled 1558 Canadians, and 516 Canadian War Dead are in the Book of Remembrance. Read in the Canadian Vet Affairs site that in Feb.1951 units from Canada, Great Britain,Australia ,New Zealand and India joined to form a Commonwealth Force as part of a northeastern advance towards the 38th parallel. To note is that Korea had lots of swamps, rice fields, and rugged terrain. The weather was unpredictable which made combat hard.
According to the Department of Defence (DPMO) there were 7234 United States POW, of these 2847 died while in prison camps, total Missing in Action and declared dead were 4824. There are 2045 POW unaccounted for, 1794 Killed in Action and not found and 4245 MIA and not recovered. Now this is only the USA and Canada, there were other countries who lost their soldiers during this war. Many of these soldiers were young men, in their 19s and 20s ,their lives cut short so fast. So it is only fair for all of us to do our parts in bringing these soldiers home as soon as we can. This is why I have created this site . The more access people like you have the better chance we will have to bring our soldiers home.
The following is a message from Mister Harold Davis a Korean War Veteran and he has been working on locating the families of missing soldiers for six years now, and he has had some success in locating some of the families. I am listing the names of the soldiers who’s families Mister Davis is looking for and a list of other MIA soldiers. If you know any of these soldiers please contact Mister Davis or contact me. The names on his list will be in Capital Letters . The list I will be adding are some from Canada, and parts of the USA, I don’t know if those soldiers have found their relatives if you think they haven’t and you are related please contact us. These soldiers as soon as they are found and identified will then be able to be sent home for proper burial where they belong.

When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8000 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.. When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for proper burial. I am a 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 their family. For more information on the project you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ . My part of the program is to match up the lost families with the proper agencies.
Harold Davis
40th Infantry Division
Korea ’52-53’
910-791-2333
hgdavis@bellsouth.net

This list of names with DNA following the names was compiled And is maintained by Harold Davis

Photo courtesy of Wang-Nai_Quing and Yong Ning-Ning

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