The Topeka Daily Capital Friday April 27, 1951 Topekan Learns of Death Of Her Son In Korea War. Pfc. Samuel J. JEFFERSON, 18, of Topeka was killed in action March 4 in Korea, according to a message received Thursday by his mother, Mrs. Flossie THOMAS, 1422 Chandler. She previously had received word from the Department of Defense that he was missing in action. Private Jefferson, a native Topekan, joined the Army last June. He received his basic training at Fort Riley and had been overseas since October. Besides his mother, he is survived by six half-brothers, Richard Augustus, Albert Thomas, and Harold Mays, all of Topeka; Willford Brown, Lawrence, and Lloyd Glover, Omaha, Neb.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Orvetta CUSHINBERRY, and Miss Alflean THOMAS, both of Topeka; two uncles, f.L. and James Jefferson both of Topeka, eight neices and nine nephews.