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Casualty Info
Home Town Traverse City
Last Address Traverse City, Michigan
Casualty Date Jun 18, 1951
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Illness, Disease
Location Korea, South
Conflict Korean War/CCF Spring Offensive (1951)
Location of Interment Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens - Traverse City, Michigan
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Inchon Landing/Operation Chromite
From Month/Year
September / 1950
To Month/Year
September / 1950
Description
(September 15–26, 1950) in the Korean War, an amphibious landing by U.S. and South Korean forces at the port of Inchon, near the South Korean capital, Seoul. A daring operation planned and executed under extremely difficult conditions by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the landing suddenly reversed the tide of the war, forcing the invading North Korean army to retreat in disorder up the Korean peninsula.
