Ruckus
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I’m trying to find some in depth stuff like specific units, companies, battalions, battles fought, etc. I’m also wondering if there are any rolls or databases that will have the names and units of Korean War veterans.
I’m trying to learn more about my uncle’s service in Korea. He doesn’t really talk about it much, but over the years I have obtained some info and a little more this recent holiday and would like to learn even more. I don’t really understand the whole division/regiment/battalion/company/unit/etc to know how to narrow down my searches to the smallest unit and after 50 plus years he doesn’t recall.
What I do know:
He was a paratrooper for the 187[sup]th[/sup] Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT).
He served in Korean War and was stationed in Japan from 1949-1955.
He did two combat jumps in enemy territory during the Korean War.
Upon research I did tonight I called him and asked if he remembers a company letter like company a, b, c, hq, service, medic, etc and he could not. He responded by saying he was a forward observer with the artillery unit. I asked if there was another smaller unit number or letter he remembers, but he was really unsure and guessed “674, or 676, or something, artillery 3[sup]rd[/sup] battalion maybe”.
Some of the research I have discovered talks about specific battles and the 187[sup]th[/sup] Company C did this, or 187[sup]th[/sup] Company E was here and did that, and I’m just trying to whittle it down to be as uncle specific as I can and I’m not sure I have all the pieces to get me there and wouldn’t know it if I did.
I read one of the 187[sup]th[/sup] companies in Korea received the Navy Presidential Citation. Think I read Company ‘E’ or ‘C’. Then, I read on the first combat jump the 187[sup]th[/sup] Companies ‘A’ and ‘C’ were dropped on one hill and Company ‘B’ on another. I believe there were only two combat jumps by the 187[sup]th[/sup] in Korea and he did two combat jumps so I assume he must be 187th/Co A, B. or C. But, I am really confused trying to figure out the battalion/company/unit thing in comparison to what he remembers and would really like to find out. On the KIA list I see companies A - N for the 187th. But in my other findings I only see stuff written about Companies A-E. Did different companies within a regiment do entirely different things? If I read the 187th ARCT fought at Bloody Inje and the Battle of Wonju, does that mean the entire regiment did, or Co A, B, and C did, while E, F, and G were in Seoul, and while K, L, and M were in Pyonyang, while Co N and O were back in Japan?
I’d like to get him some replica items he may have worn on his uniform for Christmas since he mentioned looking around to buy 187[sup]th[/sup] – Korea patches and not finding any. I asked him if he kept any of that stuff (patches, ribbons, stars, etc) and he said when he was a young man he didn’t think to save and collect that kind of stuff.
So if anyone knows of any resources I can look into so that I might research these types of things, please pass it on. I would greatly appreciate it.
I’m trying to find some in depth stuff like specific units, companies, battalions, battles fought, etc. I’m also wondering if there are any rolls or databases that will have the names and units of Korean War veterans.
I’m trying to learn more about my uncle’s service in Korea. He doesn’t really talk about it much, but over the years I have obtained some info and a little more this recent holiday and would like to learn even more. I don’t really understand the whole division/regiment/battalion/company/unit/etc to know how to narrow down my searches to the smallest unit and after 50 plus years he doesn’t recall.
What I do know:
He was a paratrooper for the 187[sup]th[/sup] Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT).
He served in Korean War and was stationed in Japan from 1949-1955.
He did two combat jumps in enemy territory during the Korean War.
Upon research I did tonight I called him and asked if he remembers a company letter like company a, b, c, hq, service, medic, etc and he could not. He responded by saying he was a forward observer with the artillery unit. I asked if there was another smaller unit number or letter he remembers, but he was really unsure and guessed “674, or 676, or something, artillery 3[sup]rd[/sup] battalion maybe”.
Some of the research I have discovered talks about specific battles and the 187[sup]th[/sup] Company C did this, or 187[sup]th[/sup] Company E was here and did that, and I’m just trying to whittle it down to be as uncle specific as I can and I’m not sure I have all the pieces to get me there and wouldn’t know it if I did.
I read one of the 187[sup]th[/sup] companies in Korea received the Navy Presidential Citation. Think I read Company ‘E’ or ‘C’. Then, I read on the first combat jump the 187[sup]th[/sup] Companies ‘A’ and ‘C’ were dropped on one hill and Company ‘B’ on another. I believe there were only two combat jumps by the 187[sup]th[/sup] in Korea and he did two combat jumps so I assume he must be 187th/Co A, B. or C. But, I am really confused trying to figure out the battalion/company/unit thing in comparison to what he remembers and would really like to find out. On the KIA list I see companies A - N for the 187th. But in my other findings I only see stuff written about Companies A-E. Did different companies within a regiment do entirely different things? If I read the 187th ARCT fought at Bloody Inje and the Battle of Wonju, does that mean the entire regiment did, or Co A, B, and C did, while E, F, and G were in Seoul, and while K, L, and M were in Pyonyang, while Co N and O were back in Japan?
I’d like to get him some replica items he may have worn on his uniform for Christmas since he mentioned looking around to buy 187[sup]th[/sup] – Korea patches and not finding any. I asked him if he kept any of that stuff (patches, ribbons, stars, etc) and he said when he was a young man he didn’t think to save and collect that kind of stuff.
So if anyone knows of any resources I can look into so that I might research these types of things, please pass it on. I would greatly appreciate it.
