SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR IS IDENTIFIED

Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (Public Affairs) ^ | Feb 17, 2009 | Staff

[Stonewall Jackson]

Welcome home, Sergeant Baylor, you have been gone far too long.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Until They Are Home

If you want on or off my MIA/POW Ping List, please FReep Mail or Ping me.

[null and void]

I keep hoping it’s one of my cousins. I’ve never met him, he died before I was born, yet still I wonder when or if he will come home.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Stonewall Jackson]

What unit was he in and where was he lost?

[tiredoflaundry]

Welcome home Sgt. Baylor, may you rest in peace now.

[Professor_Leonide]

An American patriot returns home.

[FMBass]

Welcome home soldier.
Condolences to your family.

From http://www.afrc.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123012446

Pinned down by a barrage of rocket fire and running out of supplies, American Soldiers staged one of the most valiant stands of the Korean War in the Battle of Unsan. Sheer determination and a strong will to survive were about all the members of the U.S. Army’s 8th Cavalry Regiment had to get them through a fight marked with impossible odds.

The Battle of Unsan, which was one of the most devastating U.S. loses of the Korean War, broke out on the morning of Nov. 1, 1950. …

The men desperately fought off a swarming enemy. Rations were scarce and only provided to the wounded. Ammo was at critical levels — so low that troops were forced to forage for weapons among the enemy dead.

[dcwusmc]

Ping...

[FreedomFerret]

Welcome home, Soldier.

[Terabitten]

Welcome home, brother.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Welcome home, Sgt. Stanley E. Baylor, U.S. Army, of Webster, N.Y., and thank you for your sacrifice.

[null and void]

Dunno, Army, had only been there a few days. He drew the short straw to be the one to get water from the lake, and was machine gunned on the spot. The rest of his patrol escaped.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

God Bless the Baylor family and all our brave warriors.

[Rj Snows]

Welcome Home-Thank You!!

[Griddlee]

“One of the most devastating US losses of the Korean War”

I think the destruction of the Army 31st RCT on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir was the most devastating loss due largely to high command incompetence and gross negligence.

Only 385 doggies out of 3,000 escaped to the 1st Marine perimeter where Chesty Puller threatened to have his tanks fire on them if they withdrew as much as a foot from their assigned positions.

[Stonewall Jackson]

There is an elderly gentleman who comes into the Lowe's store where I work who served with the 31st Infantry in WW2.

He joined the Army when he was seventeen and was sent to the Philippines in July, 1941. Eight months later, he was captured by the Japanese and sent to a copper mine in Korea, where he was assigned to the blasting team. He quickly found a way to keep the Japanese from being too rough on him; he acted like he was crazy. The guards were convinced that his "insanity" was a punishment from the gods and they did not want to bring the wrath of those gods down upon themselves, so they generally left him alone.

[SouthTexas]

Welcome home Sgt. and thank you.

[Goldie Lurks]

“Freedom Is Not Free”

Rest peacefully, Sgt. Baylor.

Thank you Korean War Veterans for your sacrifice and service.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I wish I could have gotten my grandfather over to Washington DC to see the Korean War Memorial before he passed away.

Here are some pics of the memorial.