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

[Sandy <sjgagler@home.com>]

Thanks so much for this info.  I guess I was misinformed because this shows he was
found.  I appreciated it so much.  I love this site

Sandy Money
CavKVet50@aol.com wrote:

> Ed - The rosters in Archives are outdated. The most recent information on KW
> casualties is contained in a roster of 36,570 names put out by the DOD
> effective Jan 1, 2001, amended again in April 1, 2001, to correct two entries
> - total now is 36,568. The list contains all of the battle and non-battle
> deaths listed in-theater in Korea by "incident date" between June 25, 1950
> and July 27, 1953.
>
> All other deaths occurring after the Armistice are considered to be
> out-of-theater regardless of where they died - Korea, U.S., Germany, etc. At
> the present time the DOD is working on putting together a list of some 17,678
> names in this category.
>
> Both rosters to total 54,246 names, as is engraved on the KW Veterans
> Memorial in D.C.
>
> I have a copy of the DOD roster. Here is the information for Money (Page 726).
>
> Marine PFC Money, Thurmon Wayne, SN 649945, L Battery, 4th Bn, 11th Marines,
> 1st Mar Div, born 1931, Dec 10, KIA 1950, Dec 2, fom Dallas, TX. The roster
> indicates that the body was recovered and returned for burial.
>
> Marty