Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1447 WFCHS/THL
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of service records and photographs of men and women of the Winchester-Frederick County area, who served in the Korean War. Also included are news articles; reminiscences; and ephemera of the Korean War.
(1 box) Last updated 12/13
Biographical/Historical: The Korean War was a military struggle fought on the Korean Peninsula from June 1950 to July 1953. The conflict began as a war between North and South Korea, which later included the United States and 19 other nations. The U.S. and the United Nations came to the aid of South Korea to prevent the communist invasion.
Cite As: Korean War Collection, 1447 WFCHS/THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization: Box 1
Men and women who served in Korean War
(R = military record, P = photograph, O = oral history interview, T = transcript, N = news article)
|
Name |
Branch of Service |
Major Theaters |
Medals |
Notes |
| Adams, Richard L. (O) | Army | |||
| Barley, Floyd Allen (P) | Navy |
Served on USS Midway |
served 1952-1956 |
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| Beck, William W. (P) | Army |
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| Berry, James H. | Army | POW served 1947-1953 | ||
| Brill, Charles W., Jr. (P) |
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| Cain, Charles T. | 3rd Marine Division | Japan and Mt. Fuji | Aug., 1952-Sept., 1953
3rd Tank Battalion |
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| Campbell, Paul (P) | Army | Korea | 1949 ? 1953 | |
| Clem, Richard L. (RPO) | Army | |||
| Cochran, Douglas E. | Army | Stationed in Germany | ||
| Combs, Lonnie Wilson, Jr. (RP) | ||||
| Cox, Charles Posey (P) | Army | Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and others | ||
| Culbert, Stephen (O) | Air Force | July 1951-June, 1955 | ||
| Dadisman, Okey V., Jr. I | ||||
| Ebert, Lewis H. (RPO) | Air Force | |||
| Feltner, Herbert Lee (P) | Navy | 1951-1955 | ||
| Finley, Floyd (P) | Air Force | African-American | ||
| Fish, Dr. Raymond (RPO) | Army | Purple Heart, Bronze Star | 1952-1956 | |
| Fishback, Cpl. James Armested (P) | Army | 1953-1955 | ||
| Gillespie, Charles E. (RP) | ||||
| Ginn, Henry Briscoe (P) | Army | 1951-53 | ||
| Hoak, Charles R. (O) | Army | Korean Service Medal, and others | ||
| Hoover, Wayne C. (P) | Marine Tank Battalion | 1953-1956 | ||
| Jackson, Wesley (P) | Army | African-American | ||
| Jackson, William I (O) | Marine | |||
| Jolliffe, Arthur N. (PO) | Navy | |||
| Jones, Donald H. (P) (O) | Army | 1951-2 (from
Stephens City) |
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| Kendall, Allan Lee (P) | Air Force | |||
| Kerns, Wilmer L. (R ) | Navy | Served 1950-53 | ||
| Knee, Ross (P) | Air Force | Tokyo | Served 1950-54 | |
| Knee, Walter H. "Skeeter" (P) | Army | Served 1953-56 | ||
| Kowalski, Francis (RPO) | Navy Medic | |||
| Laconia, Leonard (O P) | Air Force | |||
| Lazzera, Albert C. (PO) | Air Force | |||
| Legge, Allen (P) | Army | Killed in Korea | ||
| Lewis, John G. (RPO) | Army | 3 Bronze Stars | ||
| Locke, James A. D. (P) | Army | also served in World War II and Vietnam | ||
| Lillis, Jack Warner ( R P) | ||||
| Luttrell, John P. (P) | Army | |||
| Manning, Lisa Kay (P) | Air Force | |||
| McGolerick, David T. (P) | ||||
| Mills, William F. (O) | Army | |||
| Norton Jr., Clay Shull (O) | ||||
| Olinger, Phillip (P) | Air Force | |||
| Orndorff, Jack (P) | ||||
| Patterson, David A. (O,T) | Army | |||
| Perry, Richard Wolfe (O) | Marine | |||
| Peterson, David (P) | Army | Korea | ||
| Ramey, Roger A., Sr. (P) | Air Force | |||
| Riley, Lewis C. (RP) | ||||
| Ritenour, Henry (PO) | Army | |||
| Ritter, Ben (P) | Air Force | Greenland | ||
| Ritter, James Lewis (P) | Navy | |||
| Rodgers, Charles A. (O) | Air Force | Korea | ||
| Scott, Billy J. (O) | Army | Sept., 1950-July 2, 1952 | ||
| Semples, James G. (P) | Air Force | |||
| Semples, Manuel (P) | Army | Europe | ||
| Shull, Howard Owen (P) | Navy | Served 1952 | ||
| Shull, Norton Clay (P) (O) | Marines | |||
| Snider, Edwin T. III (P) | Air Force | |||
| Taylor, Franklin D. (O) | Air Force | |||
| Tufts, Edgar (O) | Army | Korea | ||
| Vakiner, J. Robert (P) | Navy | Korea | ||
| Waters, Capt. Loring W. (P) | Army | 1950-51 | ||
| Weakley, Carlton H. (P) | Air Force | Wilmington, Ohio | 1954 | |
| Westcoat, Joe (P) | Air Force | 1949-1953 | ||
| Whitacre, Hugh D. (P) | Army | Korea | KIA/MIA Nov. 26, 1950 | |
| Willoughby, IV, Hugh | Air Force | Late 1950s, killed in a plane crash in 1961 | ||
| Wingert, Harold E. (P) | Air Force | 1951 | ||
| Wingfield, Timothy W. | Air Force | |||
Korean War Veterans Association
News Articles- Reminiscences of Service Men and Women, unnumbered items
Ephemera- Korean War, 2 leaves printed (photocopy)
Kerns, Wilmer Lee ? The Korean War: A History of My Service in the U. S. Navy, February 14, 1950 to July 1, 1953, 34 leaves, typescript
Korean War Memorial, Winchester, Virginia ? Dedication, July 20, 2013, 2 items, 10 pages, printed
Seventh Infantry Division in Korea
MapCase 1, Drawer 6
Map of Korea printed by Army Map Service Corps of Engineers, March 1957
Map of the War [Korea] from Stars and Stripes, March 1952, prepared by Geographic Branch, Map #1129
PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs of scenes from Korean War in Photo Files. They can also be viewed in Past Perfect, computer software package.