Korean War
US Military History
During the Korean War (1950–1953), battle-hardened Native American troops from World War II were joined by American Indians newly recruited to fight on foreign soil. Approximately 10,000 Native Americans served in the U.S. military during this period. Considered a “police action” because Congress issued no formal declaration of war, the Korean War was nevertheless, bloody and brutal. Some 33,739 American soldiers died in battle, including 194 Native Americans.
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“There is a camaraderie that transcends ethnicity when you serve your country overseas in wartime.” —Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne
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KOREAN WAR SERVICE MEMBERS
James Allen - U.S. Navy
Orlando A. Antelope - U.S. Army
Tony Aragon Jr. - U.S. M.C.
Wayne Arthur Sr.
Daniel G. Bakus
Jacob F. Bell
Joseph Bell - U.S. M.C.
John BigKnife
Howard Blackburn
Marvin R. Brown
Charles E. Brown
Harold B. Brown
Howard Brown
Alfred R. Buckman - U.S. Air Force
William H. Buckman Jr. - U.S. Navy
James M. Chavez - U.S. Navy
Armon J. Compton - U.S. Navy
Harold Compton - U.S. Navy
Leonard Compton - U.S. Army
Ralph Compton - U.S. Air Force
Donald K. Cox - U.S. Air Force
John M. Crispin Sr. - U.S. Army
David D. Day
Linus J. Dewey
Mark J. Dewey
Albert Dodge - U.S. Army
Daniel J. Dodge Jr.
Alfred J. Duran
Donald A. Erikson - U.S. Army
Charles D. Finlayson
Phillip W. Gard - U.S. Army
Rudolph J. Geboe
Robert D. Girten Sr. - U.S. Army
Clair Gould
George W. Groesbeck - U.S. Navy
Lawrence P. Hanway - U.S. Army
Jacob Henan - U.S. M.C.
Dean Hereford - U.S. Army
Glenn D. Hereford - U.S. Navy
Leroy Herman - U.S. Army
Bruce S. Hirasawa - U.S. Army
Ken Hirasawa
Edward Hobbie - U.S. Army
Floyd J. Hungary - U.S. Army
Homer J. Hunsberger
Ted Hunter
Burton Hutchinson Sr. - U.S. Army
Raymond J. Isis - U.S. Army
Thurlo Jenkins - U.S. Army
Alfred L. Johnson - U.S. Navy
John P. Kennah - U.S. M.C.
Lawrence J. Kennah
Larry Kennah
Ralph E. Kniffin Jr.
Walter E. Lahoe - U.S. Army
George LaJeunesse - U.S. M.C.
Lawrence A. Large Sr. - U.S. Army
Wesley T. LeClair - U.S. Army
William L. LeClair - U.S. Navy
Fredrick A. Long
Harold Long
John Long
Leon Long
George Marshall Jr. - U.S. Army
Franklin L. Martel
Richard May - U.S. Army
Oren “Butch” J. McAdams - U.S. M.C.
Eldon V. Meeks - U.S. Army
Laverne Meeks - U.S. Army
Frank Meredith Jr.
Willard L. Meyer - U.S. Navy
Dallas Morgan
Alfred Norah Sr. - U.S. Army
Dansyl H. Noseep - U.S. Army
Richard Oldman
Dewey D. Oldman - U.S. Air Force
Fermin W. Olivas - U.S. Army
Jimmie D. O’Neal - U.S. M.C.
Patrick O’Neal Jr. - U.S. Army
Roland W. Osborne - U.S. M.C.
Fred Peche - U.S. Army
James Pheasant
Homer V. Phillips - U.S. Navy
James Pogue
Dansyl Posey
Alfred Presgrove
John Price
Alvin Quiver
Amiel N. Quiver
Alfred Redman Sr. - U.S. Army
Thomas S. Reed - U.S. M.C.
Burnett H. Ridgley - U.S. M.C.
Harold Roach
Richard R. Roberts - U.S. Army
Donald A. Rofkar Sr. - U.S. M.C.
Kenneth Shakespeare
John Sharp - U.S. Army
Joseph Smith Sr. - U.S. M.C.
Ronald E. Snyder Sr. - U.S. M.C.
J.C. Sollars - U.S. Army
Darwin St.Clair - U.S. Army
Lynn L. St.Clair - U.S. Army
Sanford T. St.Clair
Wallace H. St.Clair
Chester S. Stagner - U.S. Army
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Leslie H. Stagner
Lester Stagner
Delbert Stewart
Kim Stoll - U.S. Army
Isadore Surrell - U.S. M.C.
Frank M. Swallow - U.S. Army
Reid S. Taveapont - U.S. M.C.
Verne Taylor - U.S. Navy
Jerry Thayer - U.S. Army
Walter H. Tidzump - U.S. Army
Robert C. Titus - U.S. Army
Clark Trumbull Jr. - U.S. Army
John Tyler - U.S. Army
Franklin Ute - U.S. Army
David Wagon Sr. - U.S. Army
Clayton Wallowingbull
George Wallowingbull - U.S. Army
Alfred Ward - U.S. Army
Milward W. Ward - U.S. Navy
John A. Warren Sr. - U.S. Army
Delmar W. Wesaw - U.S. Army
*Killed in Action
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