Korea Gold Stars

McKEAN COUNTY
KOREAN WAR

Private First Class Robert N. Allen 31st Infantry, 7th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: September 2, 1951 Hwachon Resevoir, North Korea Age: 22 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford On September 2, 1951, after recapturing a hill in North Korea, that his unit lost the day before, he was hit and killed by heavy mortar fire.
	Private First Class Clyde E. Anderson Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Hometown: RD, Eldred (also Olean) Killed in Action: December 11, 1952 North Korea Age: 24 Buried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Olean, NY
Airman First Class Donald J. Anderson Headquarters, 51st Fighter Interceptor Group US Air Force Hometown: Kane Died in Air Crash: June 18, 1953 Japan Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Kane Anderson was a passenger on a C-124A Globemaster transport traveling from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan to Korea when the aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa Air Base.
	Private First Class Raymond O. Anderson 8035th Signal Service Company Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: September 3, 1950 Pusan, South Korea Age: 22 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
*Corporal Jay E. Beck* Headquarters Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion 2ns Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of Wounds: February 16, 1951 Prisoner of War Age: 20 He was seriously wounded and taken Prisoner of War near Hoengsong, South Korea on February 13, 1951. His remains were not recovered.
	First Lieutenant William E. Copley 31st Infantry, 7th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: March 23, 1952 North Korea Age: 36 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford
*Sergeant Neil K. Dorrion* Medical Company, 5th Regimental Combat Team, 24th Infantry Division Hometown: Eldred Killed in Action: November 4, 1950 Kunu-ri, North Korea Age: 25 Buried: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, NY Sergeant Dorrion was a veteran of World War II. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades. For his leadership and valor, Sergeant Dorrion was awarded the Silver Star.
	*Corporal Robert G. Foster* Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Hometown: Duke Center Killed in Action: September 18, 1950 Waegwan, South Korea Age: 19 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp The 5th and 7th Cavalry Regiments fought bloody battles against enemy positions to the north and east of Waegwan on Hills 174, 188, 253 & 903 (Ka-San). All attempts were stopped cold in all 1st Cavalry sectors with heavy casualties on the American side.
Second Lieutenant Howard J. Griffin Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: September 19, 1951 Hill 931, Heartbreak Ridge, North Korea Age: 29 Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford Griffin was a decorated veteran of World War II.
	Lieutenant (JG) Orlo H. Kane USS BENNINGTON CVA-20 Hometown: Kane Died: May 26,1954 Narragansett Bay, RI Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane Lieutenant Junior Grade Kane was a crew member of the aircraft carrier, USS BENNINGTON (CVA-20), cruising in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. On May 26, 1954, a launching catapult exploded killing him and 101 fellow crewmen.
Radarman 2/c Edward L. Knickerbocker US Navy Hometown: Eldred Died: July 31, 1951 Automobile accident while on furlough Buried: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Portville, NY
	Private First Class Robert L. Paul Company B, 32nd Infantry, 7th Infantry Division Hometown: Ludlow Missing in Action: December 2, 1950 Age: 19 He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on January 15, 1954.
Private First Class Neil W. Peasley Company E, 188th Parachute Infantry Hometown: Smethport Died of Illness: May 13, 1950 Philippines Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport
	*Corporal Herbert L. Price* 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: September 3, 1950 South Korea Age: 20 Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford
*Private William A. Reedy* 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division Hometown: Eldred Killed in Action: June 12, 1953 Outpost HARRY, North Korea Age: 25 Buried: Eulalia Cemetery, Coudersport Between June 10 and 18, 1953 only weeks before the end of the war, the Chinese made a determined attempt to take Outpost Harry in the central section of the front at Chorwon-Kumwha. The defense of the outpost was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and its attached units, the 5th Regimental Combat Team and the Greek Expeditionary Force. Each night a single company defended the outpost but suffered such high casualties (59% avg) that on the following night it would have to be replaced by another company. On three successive occasions the enemy attacked in reinforced regimental strength, prefacing their attack with heavy concentrations of mortar and artillery. The seemingly endless number of Chinese were able to break through the defensive positions and intense hand to hand fighting took place in the trenches on Outpost Harry. The coordinated efforts of the American forces overwhelmed the numerically superior enemy forces and forced them to retreat from positions on June 13, 1953 leaving behind over 2,400 Chinese dead.
	Master Sergeant Charles M. Rhodes Battery B, 555th Field Artillery Battalion 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team Hometown: Bradford (also Kings, NY) Missing in Action: July 14, 1953 Kumsong, North Korea Age: 38 Rhodes was a veteran of World War II. He was presumed dead on July 15, 1954.
*Corporal Stephen J. Romanick* 16th Reconn, 1st Cavalry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: October 3, 1951 Huksok-Tong, North Korea Age: 21 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
	*Sergeant Albert E. Simmons* Company B, 1st Battalion, 23 Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Smethport Killed: September 26, 1950 Prisoner of War Age: 22 He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on August 31, 1950 and was killed by a North Korean guard on September 26, 1950. His remains were not recovered. Grave marker: Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Twp
*Sergeant Oscar E. Stanford* 930th Ordnance Ammunition Company, 335th Ordnance Battalion Hometown: Dallas Rd, Bradford Twp Died: July 6, 1952 Hennde, South Korea Age: 31 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp Sergeant Stanford was a veteran of World War II. He died of non-hostile causes.
	Private First Class Keith A. Strotman 17th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: October 9, 1950 South Korea Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp
Private First Class Richard J. Taylor 31st Infantry, 7th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: July 24, 1953 North Korea Age: 23 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford
	*Private Dan A. Turney* 406th Engineer Training Brigade Hometown: Corydon Twp Drowned: September 2, 1952 Fort Bragg, NC Age: 20 Private Turney and thirty-nine other trainees were given a demonstration ride aboard an engineer pontoon raft on a nearby lake when the raft capsized. Turney and nineteen others drowned.
*Sergeant Jack C. Zuver* Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry 25th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of Wounds: November 28, 1950 Parwon Myon, North Korea Age: 27 Zuver was a decorated veteran of World War II. On November 28, 1950, he was defending a hill when his position was overrun. As his unit withdrew, he was mortally wounded in the chest from a mortar shell. His remains were not recovered.