The Korean War ( June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953 ) was a war between South Korea and North Korea, in which a United nations force led by the United states of America fought for South Korea, and China fought for the North. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards. The conflict escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces, supported by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The United nations Security Council recognized this North Korean act as invasion and called for an immediate ceasefire.On June 27, the United Nations Security Council Adopted S/RES/83: Complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea and decided the formation and dispatch of the U.N.Forces in Korea. The United States and other countries moved to defend South Korea.The united States provided 88% of the soldiers.An amphibious U.N. counter-offensive at Inchon was launched which cut off many of the north Korean attackers and were forced back to the Yalu River. at the Korea-China border.At tis point the Chinese forces crossed over the Yula and entered the war on the side of North Korea. Chinese intervention forced the United nations Command back into South Korea, and the last two years of the war saw a stalemate and attrition warfare. The fighting ended on July 27, 1953, when the armistice agreement was signed. The agreement established a new border between the Korea's and created the Korean Demilitarized Zone ( DMZ ), a 2.5 mile wide fortified buffer zone between both Korea's.
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                                        U.S. Korean War Casualties


KIA 36,574
Wounded 103,248
Mia 7,926
POW 4,714             Total 169,365
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                Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients


                                      Korean War

Staff Sergeant Lewis G. Watkins U.S. Marine Corps. I Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Korea.
Master Sergeant Travis E. Qatkins U.S. Army H Co., 9th Infantry Squadron, 2nd Infantry Division Yongsan, Korea.
Pfc. Ernest E. West U.S. Army L Co., 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Sataeri, Korea.
Corporal Charles G. Abrell U.S. Marines Corps., E Co., 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Hangnyong, Korea.
Corporal Lee H. Phillips U.S. Marine Corps. E Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Korea.
2nd Lieutenant Sherrod E.Skinner Jr. U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve F Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines.
Pfc Walter C. Monegan U.S. Marine Corps. F Co., 2nd Battalion, 1st marines, 1st Marine Division Sosa-ri, korea.
Master Sergeant Stanley T. Adams U.S. Army A Co. 19th Infantry Regiment, Sesim-ni, Korea.
Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez U.S. Army F Co., 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Munye-ri, Korea.
Coporal Einar H. Ingman Jr. U.S. Army E Co., 17th Infantry Reginemt, 7th Infantry Division, Maltari, Korea.
Master Sergeant Hubert L. Lee U.S. Army I Co., 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry division Ip-o-ri, Korea.
Captain William E. Barber U.S. Marine Corps,,F Co. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Chosin Reservoir.
Pfc Herbert K. Pililaau U.S. Army C Co., 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Pia-ri, Korea.
Sergeant William R. Jecelin  U.S. Army C Co., 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infanrty Division Saga, Korea.
Pfc David M. Smith U.S. Army E Co., 9th Infantry regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Yongsan, Korea.
Pfc Charles H. Barker U.S. Army K Co. 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Sokkogae, Korea
Master Sergeant Benjamin F. Wilson U.S. Army I Co., 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Hwach'on-Myob, Korea.
Pfc Richard G. Wilson U.S. Army I Co., Medical Co., 187th Airbornne Infantry Division Opari, Korea.
Corporal Joseph Vittori U.S. Marinre Corps. Resverve F Co., 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Hill 749, Korea.
Sergeant George D. Libby U.S. Army C Co., 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion 24th Infantry Division Taejon, Korea.
Corporal Ronald E. Rosser U.S. Army Heavy Mortar Co., 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Ponggilli, Korea.
Corporal Clifton T. Speicher U.S. Army F Co., 223rd Infantry regiment, 40th Infantry Division Minarigol, Korea.
Sergeant John A. Pittman U.S. Army C Co., 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Kujang-dong, Korea.
Sergeant James E. Johnson U.S. Marine Corps, J Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Yudam, Korea.
Pfc Robert E. Simanek U.S. Marine Corps., F Co., 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division Korea.
Captain John S. Walmsley Jr. U.S. Air Force 8th Bomb Air Force, 8th Bombardment Squad, 3rd Bomb Group Yangdok, Korea.
1st Lieutenant James L. Stone U.S. Army E Co., 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st cavalry Division Sokkogae, Korea.
Pfc William B. Baugh U.S. Marine Corps., G Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Koto-ri to Hagaru-ri, 
Pfc Herbert A. Littleton U.S. Marine Coprs. C Co. 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Chungchon, Korea.
Tech Sergeant Harold E. Wilson U.S. MarineCorps Reserve, G Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Korea.
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward C. Benford U.S. Navy attached to the 1st Marine Divusion, Korea.
Staff Sergeant Robert E. Shuck Jr. U.S. Marine Corps. G Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division 
Staff Sergeant William G. Windrich U.S. Marine Corps. I Co., 3rd Barralion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division Yudam-ni, Korea.
Pfc Emory L. Bennett U.S. Army B Co., 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Sobang-san, Korea.
Pfc Luther H. Story U.S. Army A Co., 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Agok, Korea.
Pfc Ralph E. Pomeroy U.S. Army E Co., 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Humhwa, Korea.
Sergeant Charles R. Long U.S. Army M Co., 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hoengsong, Korea.
Pfc. Bryant E. Womack U.S. Army Medical Co., 14th Infantry Regiment, 25 Infantry Division Sokso-ri, Korea.
Pfc. Robert H. Young U.S. Army E Co., 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st cavalry Division Kaesong, Korea.
Sergeant David B. Bleak U.S. Army Medical Co., 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division Minari-gol, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Edward R. Schowalter Jr. U.S. Army A Co., 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Kumhwa, korea.
Pfc Mack A. Jordan U.S. Army K Co., 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division Kumsong, Korea.
Sergeant Donn F. Porter U.S. Army G Co., 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Mundung-ni, Korea.
2nd Lieutenant Jerome A. Sudut U.S. Army B Co., 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division kumhwa, Korea. 
1st Lieutenant Richard T. Shea Jr. U.S. Army A Co., 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Sokkogae, Korea.
Pvt Billie G. Kanell U.S. Army I Co., 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pyang-yang, Korea.
Sergeant First Class Nelson V. Brittin U.S. Army I Co., 19th Infantry Regiment, Yonggong-ni, Korea.
Sergeant James I. Poynter U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve A Co. 1st Marine Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Sudong, Korea
Pfc Whitt L. Moreland U.S. Marine Cors . Reserve C Co. 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division Kwagch'i-dong
1st Lieutenant Baldonero Lopez U.S. Marine Corps, A Co., 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division Inchon, Korea.
Pfc William Thompson U.S. Army 24th, M Co., 24th Infantry regiment, 25th Infantry Division Haman, Korea. 
Pfc Melvin L. Brown U.S. Army D Co., 8th Engineer Combat Battalion Kasan, Korea.
Corporal Charles F. Pendleton U.S. Army D Co., 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Choo Gung-dong, Korea.
Sergeant 1st Class Loren R. Kaufman U.S. Army G Co., 9th Infantry Regiment, Yongsan, Korea.
1st Lieutenant LLoyd L. Burke U.S. Army G Co., 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st cavalry Division, Chong-dong, Korea.
Major Louis J. Sebille U.S. Air Force 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group, 5th Air Force Hanchang, Korea.
Sergeant First Class tony K. Burris U.S. Army L Co., 38th Infantry regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Mundung-ni, Korea.
Sergeant 1st Class Charles W. Turner U.S. Army 2nd Reconnaissance Co., 2nd Infantry Division Yongsan, Korea.
Major Charles J. Loring U.S. Air Force 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Wing, Sniper Ridge, Korea.
Sergeant 1st Class Williem S. Sitman U.S. Army m Co., 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Chipyong-ni, Korea.
Corporal Dan D. Schoonover U.S. Army A Co., 13th Engineer Comabt Battalion, 7th Infantry Division Sokkogae, Korea.
Sergeant 1st Class Donald R. Moter U.S. Army E Co., 35th Infantry Regiment, Seoul, Korea. 
Pvt Hector A. Cafferata Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, F Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Corporal David B. Champagne U.S. Marines Corps., A Co. 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Corporal William F. Lyell U.S. Army F Co., 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division Chu'a-ri, Korea.
Pfc John D. Kelly U.S. Marines C Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
Hospital Corpsman Third Class William R. Charette U.S. Navy, served with a Marine Rifle Co., Korea.
Captain Carl l. Sitter U.S. Marine Corps. G Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Hagaru-ri, Korea.
Corporal Benito Martinez U.S. Army A Co., 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Satae-ri, Korea.
Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton U.S. Army C Co., 25th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Chipo-ri, Korea.
Pfc Jack William Kelso U. S. Marines Corps. I Co., 3rd battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy U. S. Marine Corps Reserve A Co. 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
Staff Sergeant Archie Van Winkle U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve, B Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Sudong, Korea.
Sergeant Daniel p. Matthews U.S. Marine Corps. F Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Vegas Hill, Korea.
Pfc Stanley R. Christianson U.S. Marine Corps., E Co., 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Seoul, Korea.
Corporal Gilbert G. Collier U.S. Army F Co., 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, Tutayon, Korea.
Corporal John W. Collier U.S. Army C Co., 27th infantry Regiment, Chindong-ni, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Henry A Commisky Sr, U.S. Marine Corps. C Co., 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st marine Division, Yongdungp'o, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Samuel S. Coursen U.S. Army C Co., 5th Cavalry Regiment, Kaesong, Korea.
Corporal Gordon M. Craig U.S. Army Reconnaissance Company, 1sy Cavalry Division, Kasan, Korea.
Major Reginald R. Myers U.S. Marine Corps. 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division Hagaru-ri, Korea.
Corporal Jerry K. Crump U.S. Army L Co., 7th infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Chorwon, Korea.
Sergeant Federick H. Mausert III U.S. Marine Corps. B Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Songnap-yong
Sergeant Robert S. Kennemore U.S. Marine Corps. E Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Yudam-ni, K.
Hospital Corpsman John E. Kilmer U.S. Navy Attached to a Marine rifle company, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Pfc Eugene A. Obregon U.S. Marine Corps. G Co. 3rd Battalion,5th Marines, 1st Marine Division Seoul, Korea.
Corporal Jack A. Davenport U.S. Marine Corps., G Co., 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Songnae, Korea.
Major George A. Davis Jr. U.S. Air Force Co., 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 5th Ait Force, Sinuiju-Yalu, River, Korea.
Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer Raymond G. Davis U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division,                                                                                                                                                                                             Hagaru-ri, Korea. 
Major General Commanding General William F. Dean U.S. Army, 24th Infantry Division, Taejon, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Robert M. McGovern U.S. Army A Co., 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Kamyangjan-ri, Korea.
Pfc Joseph R. Ouellette U.S. Army H Co., 9th Infantry regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Yongsan, Korea.
Pfc Noah O. Knight U.S. Army F Co., 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Kowang-san, Korea.
Captain Reginald B. Desiderio Commanding Officer U.S. Army E Co., 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Ipsok, Korea.
Hospital Corpsman Richard D. Dewert U.S. Navy attached to a Marine Infantry Co., 1st Marine Division, Korea
Pfc Alford L. McLaughlin U.S. Marine Corps L Co., 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
Sergeant First Class Ray E. Duke U.S. Army C Co., 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th infantry Division, Mugok, Korea.
Sergeant First Class junior D. Edwards U.S.Army E Co., 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Changbong-ri
Lieutanant John Kelvin Koelsch u.S. Navy, Navy helicopter rescue unit, Korea.
Sergeant Leroy A. Mendonca U.S. Army B Co., 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd infantry Division Chich-on, Korea.
Corporal John Essebagger Jr. U.S. Army A Co., 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Popsudong, Korea.
Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer Don C Faith Jr. 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division,                                                                                                                                                                                          Hagaru-ri Northern, Korea.
Pfc Fernando Luis Garcia U.S. Marine Corps. I Co., 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Pfc Charles George U.S. Army C Co., 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, Songnae, Korea.
Sergeant 1st Class Ernest R. Kouma U.S. Army A Co., 72nd Tank Battalion Agok, Korea.
Corporal Charles L. Gilliland U.S. Army I Co., 7th Infantry regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Tongmang-ni, Korea.
Captain Lewis L. Millett u.S. Army E Co., 27 Infantry Regiment Soam-ni, Korea.
Pfc Edward Gomez U.S. Marine Corps Reserve E Co., 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Corporal Clair Goodblood U.S. Army D Co., 7th Infantry Regiment, Popsu-dong, Korea.
Captain Edward C. Krzyzowski U.S. Army B Co., 9th Infantry regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Tondul, Korea.
Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen U.S. Marine Corps. F Co., 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Songuch-on.
Hospital Corpsman Francis C. Hammond U.S. Navy attached as a Medical Corpsman to the 1st Marine Division, Korea.
Pfc Jack G. Hanson U.S. Army F Co., 31st Infantry regiment, Pachi-dong, Korea.
2nd Lieutenant Darwin K. Kyle U.S. Army K Co., 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Kamil-ni, Korea.
2nd Lieutenant Bobert D. Reem U.S. Marine Corps. H Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. 1st Marine Division Chinhung-ni, Korea.
2nd Lieutenant George H. Ramer U.S. Marine Corps Reserve I Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Korea. 
1st Lieutenant u.S. Army A Battery, 15th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, Kobangsan-ni, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Frank N. Mitchell U.S. Marine Corps. A Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division Hanson-ni, K.
Corporal Hiroshi H. Miyamura U.S. Army H Co., 7th infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Taejon-ni, Korea.
Captain Raymond Harvey U.S. Army C Co., 17th Infantry regiment, Taemi-dong, Korea.
1st Lieutenant Frederick F. Henry U.S. Army F Co. 25th Infantry Regiment, Am-dong, Korea.
Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez U.S. Army G Co., 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, Wontong-ni, Korea.
Sergeant Ola l. Mize U.S. Army 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Surang-ni, Korea.
Lieutenant Thomas J. Hudner U.S. Navy pilot in Fighter Squadron 32, attached to U.S.S. Leyte, Chosin Reservoir, Korea.
Lieutenant Colonel John U.D. Page U.S. Army X Corps. Artilery, attached to 52nd Transportation Truck Battalion 
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Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. E Co., 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th infantry Division Chonghyon, Korea.