Records of U.S. Military Casualties, Missing in Action, and Prisoners of War from the Era of the Korean War
Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division Reference Report
IntroductionRecord Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War
- Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War
- Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War
- Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties
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Introduction
This reference report provides an overview of the electronic data records in the custody of the Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division that relate to U.S. military casualties, missing in action, and prisoners of war from the Korean War era. Series and file units accessible online through the
Access to Archival Databases (AAD) resource (www.archives.gov/aad) have an AAD logo next to them. As computerized data files, the records are also available on removable media for a cost-recovery fee.
For more information see:
Ordering Information for Electronic Records.
Full descriptions of the series are in NARA's Archival Research Catalog (ARC), which can be searched by title, ARC identification number (ARC ID), type of archival material, or keyword.
Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Records of Repatriated Korean War Prisoners of War
ARC ID: 583582
Technical Documentation: 14 pagesThis series contains information about 4,447 former prisoners of war from the Korean War.
Record Group 319: Records of the Army Staff
- Records of American Prisoners of War During the Korean War
ARC ID: 583429
Technical Documentation: 10 pagesThis series has records for 4,714 U.S. military officers and soldiers who were prisoners of war during the Korean War and therefore considered casualties. Surviving prisoners of war were exchanged at "Big Switch-Little Switch" towards the end of the Korean War.
Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War
ARC ID: 571686
Technical Documentation: 13 pages of main documentation; additional supplemental documentationThis series contains selected descriptive data about U.S. military personnel who died by hostile means (i.e. battle deaths) as a result of combat duty in the Korean War. The records date from 1/1/1950 through 2/7/1957. In addition to access through AAD or on removable media, there are state extract lists available online for printing. The state lists are sorted either alphabetically by last name of casualty or by "home of record."
Record Group 407: Records of the Adjutant General's Office
- Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties
ARC ID: 583580
Technical Documentation: 89 pages and through AADThis series contains information about U.S. Army officers and soldiers who were casualties in the Korean War during the period of 2/13/1950 through 12/31/1953.
Related Information
Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division Reference Report, Records of Nurse Casualties in the Korean War
Theodore J. Hull, "Electronic Records of Korean and Vietnam War Casualties," Prologue (Spring 2000).
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Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division (NWME)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 837-0470
e-mail: cer@nara.gov
August 2005
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