This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sgs14 Surnames: Classification: military Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/6694.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Times Monday, September 18, 1950 Pvt. R.E. Clapp Listed Killed In Korea One Seattle soldier was reported killed in action and another wounded in a Korean casualty list issued yesterday by the Defense Department. Pvt. Richard E. Clapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Clapp, 3502 Holly Street, was listed as killed in action. Pfc. Theodore R. Grose, friend of David G. Wilder, 11986 Lakeside Avenue Northeast, was reported wounded. Clapp, 19, was a sophomore at Franklin High School when he enlisted in the Army in July 1949, Mrs. Clapp said. He volunteered for duty in Korea. The youth had spent several days with his family here in July before being flown to Korea. "I wanted him to have a photograph taken while he was here, but I didn't want to ask him think I was worried about what might happen," his mother said. Grose apparently was an orphan with no close relatives, according to Wilder. He had spent several weeks at the Wilder home before enlisting in the Army. ***** The Seattle Times December 4, 1950 Mother of G.I. Listed as Killed Keeps Up Hope Missing In Action Army Pfc. Donald L. McKeon, son of Mrs. Martha L. Adams, Issaquah. **** The Seattle Times Friday, January 12, 1951 2 Corporals From Same Seattle Home Missing in Korea Action Two corporals from the same family are among six Seattle soldiers listed today by the Defense Department as missing in action in Korea. Twelve other Army men from Washington State also were reported missing in action and three wounded. Also listed as missing in action was Pfc. John R. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, 4007 23rd Avenue Southwest. Johnson, 21, is a former West Seattle high School pupil. He has been in uniform for a year and a half. "The last we heard from him was November 23," said the private's mother. "He said his outfit was supposed to 'move up' and that's about all he talked about. He had been in Koreas since the middle of June." ***** The Seattle Times Friday, January 12, 1951 Pfc. G.S. Rogers Missing in Action, Father Learns Pfc. George S. Rogers, 29, has been missing in action in Korea since November 30, according to official word received by his father, P.D. Rogers, 705 Pike Street. Rogers said his last letter from his son was dated November 21, when the son was in North Korea near the Manchurian border. The enemy drive which eventually pushed the United Nations forces out of North Korea was started about a week later. Private Rogers, a member of the Regular Army, also served in the Second World War. He went to Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis. ***** The Seattle Times Thursday, May 10, 1951 Twelve men from the Seattle area have been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge for their services with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. They are: Pvt. John B. Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil W. Wright, 1307 33rd Avenue South. ***** The Seattle Times Thursday January 7, 1954 12 More State G.I.'s Are 'Presumed Dead' Twelve additional Washington names were added this afternoon to a Defense Department list of Army men presumed dead after being missing more than a year in Korea, the Associated press reported from Washington, D.C. The 12 names raised the Washington total to 41 on three lists released yesterday and today. The 12 were: Pfc. Donald McKeon, son of Mrs. Martha Lou Gartrell, Issaquah, was the only King County man on the new list. ***** The Seattle Times Friday, January 8, 1954 More State G.I.'s Presumed Dead The Defense Department today issued two lists naming three more Seattle soldiers and 16 others from Washington as presumed dead. For more than a year they had been listed as missing in Korea. The Army, on six lists, has named 60 Washington men presumed dead, the Associated Press reported. Tacoma: Corp. Frank Ducharme, son of Mrs. Lucille Ducharme ***** The Seattle Times Tuesday, February 9, 1954 Seattle G.I. Died in Korea, Army Rules The Army said today it has determined that Corp. John Ross Johnson, 23, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, 4007 23rd Avenue Southwest, died in Korea. The corporal previously had been reported missing in action since November 1950. Johnson was born in Killdeer, North Dakota and came to Seattle with his family in 1943. He attended Cooper School and West Seattle High School. Johnson entered the Army in 1949 and went to Korea in July 1950. Surviving are his parents, four sisters, Mrs. Ernest Dobson, Katherine Johnson, Margaret Johnson and Ruth Johnson, all of Seattle and two brothers, Frank, Seattle and William, Renton. 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.