Last to die: Final Kias of the Korean War

From: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The following American servicemen have the dubious distinction of being the last killed as a result of hostile action in Korea on or near July 27, 1953. They deserve to be remembered on this 50th anniversary of the war's end.

It is every warrior's nightmare.

Knowing a war's end is near and he could be the last to lose his life in a conflict that is virtually over. But someone has to be that unlucky person, and the Korean War was no exception.

On the war's last day, July 27, 1953, 30 Americans died in Korea-25 from combat action and five accidentally.

The men hailed from a variety of Army ...

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