Re: Uncle was MIA in 1950-1951 - never found

[<CavKVet50@aol.com>]

In a message dated 6/9/01 10:39:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Jhk789@aol.com 
writes:

<< Maury,
 
 Sounds like Pentagon considers the Korean War ended in 7/53.
 This is not true. The Korean War is still continuing legally speaking.
 
 How about all those G.I.s died in DMZ battles in the 60's?
 Do you have any post-Armistice casualty figure?
 We should add the post-Armistice casualty to the total
 casualty figure of the Korean War.
 
 John
  >>


John - As I understand it, the post-Armistice deaths for Korea will be lumped 
together with other non-hostile deaths worldwide for the 50-53 period to form 
a roster of 17,000+ names. The DOD, though, is having a problem getting these 
numbers from several of the respective Services. 

As regards the DMZ, there is a move afoot to award a Korea Defense Service 
Medal for DMZ service from July 28, 1954 forward. Here is an article on the 
subject.  

http://www.stripes.com/servlet/News/ViewArticle?articleId=100038557&frontpageI

d=100038523


Marty