This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: powmiadna Surnames: KING, MCBRIDE, WILKES, BENSON, JONES, MANASCO, MCCLURE, MURPHY, SHADID, WEBSTER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.oklahoma/3063/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for the family of 10 soldiers who was killed in the Korea War. When they entered service they gave Oklahoma County, Oklahoma as their home of record. Soldier: THEODUS GEORGE KING Born: June 17, 1928 Date of loss: August 10, 1953. MIA Soldier: CHARLES LEROY MCBRIDE Born: September 24, 1924 Date of loss: May 27, 1952. MIA Soldier: DONALD WILKES Born: March 24, 1928 Date of loss: November 5, 1950. KIA Soldier: GREALD BURNETT BENSON Born: 1932 Date of loss: May 18, 1951. MIA Soldier: RAYMOND LEE JONES Born: 1928 Date of loss: July 29, 1950 Soldier: JOHN WILLIAM MANASCO Born: 1929 Date of loss: December 2, 1950. KIA Soldier: LEROY S MCCLURE Born: 1931 Date of loss: October 17, 1952 Soldier: MICHAEL DANIEL MURPHY Born: 1923 Date of loss: July 13, 1950. POW Soldier: ROMUS SHADID Born: 1915 Date of loss: December 1, 1950 Soldier: JOSEPH OTIS WEBSTER Born: 1909 Date of loss: December 6, 1950 Ramos Shadid and Joseph Otis Webster are on the Department of Defense Urgent list. This means that remains have been recovered that they are associated with. Family DNA is needed to identify or elininate them. When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years ago. Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families have not been located. There are 45 families from Oklahoma that have not been located. There are 10 families from Oklahoma County that has not been located. When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for proper burial. I am just an old (77 years) Combat Veteran out of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find these families. For more information on the project you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost families with the proper agency. I will be grateful for any assistance in locating these families. Harold Davis 40th Infantry Division Korea '52-'53 910-791-2333 hgdavis@bellsouth.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.