Grady County, Oklahoma

Military

 

Grady County: Alex News, Sunday, May 14, 1944

"Under The Ripples Of Old Glory"


Mr. and Mrs. Robert DRISKOLL received the Purple Heart awarded their son Melvin DRISKOLL who was wounded last April in Italy. After hospitalization Melvin was back on active duty. It is reported he was driving a jeep that was wrecked by a bomb when the injury occurred...
Melvin DRISKELL was injured 5/14/1944 and was with the 757th Tank Battalion. The actual spelling of the last name is DRISKELL, but it is written as it was in the article.


                                                Follow-Up Articles - Date Unknown


Cpl. DRISKELL Receives Good Conduct Medal

 

Cpl. Melvin L. DRISKELL, Alex, has recently been awarded the Good Conduct medal for fidelity, efficiency and exemplary behavior, according to information received from the public relations office of his unit in the European theater.
Cpl. DRISKELL, son of Robert DRISKELL, Alex, is a member of the 757th tank battalion, now fighting with the fifth army in the Apenine mountains of northern Italy.
                       

DRISKELL Truck Driver With Army In Italy


Cpl. Melvin l. DRISKELL , son of Mr. Robert DRISKELL, Alex, is a truck driver for the 757th Tank Battalion, Fifth Army group functioning from behind the ridges bordering Italy's Po Valley on the south, according to word received from the public relations office of his unit.
Hard-packed snow and ice in treacherous mountain country prohibit orthodox tank tactics involving maneuver. The tanks are kept under cover in the daylight, within 2,000 yards of the enemy. At night, they are wheeled up to firing points only a few yards away, where their firepower is utilized in performance of field artillery missions.
 

United States Korean Causalities 1950 – 1957

From World Vital Records

Grady County, Oklahoma

**If you have information about any of these brave souls and would like to share it, please contact me at the email below.  Also, if you know of anyone else from Grady County that was a causality of the Korean War, we would like to know about it so they can be honored also.**

  

Name and Rank

Status

Place of Death

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Information and Town/County of Residence

Bryant, Russel (Corporal, U. S. Army)

KIA

Korea

1930

9/2/1950

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number 18280074, DOB 1930, Possibly Buried in Fort Gibson National Cemetery

Bryant, Russel (Corporal, U. S. Army)

KIA

Korea – Yongsan

1930

9/2/1950

Grady County, Oklahoma; Buried in Fort Gibson National Cemetery; Service Number RA18280074; Corporal Bryant was a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 2, 1950.

Butler, Joseph Walter (Private, U. S. Army)

Died from pneumonia in Seoul, south Korea

Korea

7/28/1920

1/21/1952

Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA34532296; Private Butler was a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division.

Caldwell, John B. Jr. (Corporal; U. S. Army)

KIA

North Korea

1928

10/15/1952

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number US52070612; Corporal Caldwell was a member of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 15, 1952.

Corley, Don Leroy (Private First Class, U. S. Marine Corps.)

KIA

Korea

9/25/1932

9/26/1951

Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number 1108349; died from Multiple Fragmentation Wounds

Graham, Wiley Jr. (Private First Class; U. S. Army)

KIA

South Korea

1929

2/14/1951

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA18280023; Private First Class Graham was a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was seriously Wounded in Action by the enemy in South Korea on September 16, 1950 and returned to duty on November 6, 1950. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 14, 1951.

Hanson, Thomas Clay (First Lieutenant, U. S. Air Force)

KIA

Korea – Near Suwon Airfield

9/29/1923

6/5/1951

Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma; Buried in the Rush Springs Cemetery; Service Number A01908906; Air Crash, not at sea; First Lieutenant Hanson was the pilot of a F-86A Sabrejet fighter interceptor with the 336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On June 5, 1951, while on a combat mission and taking off from Airfield K-13 (Suwon), he jettisoned the aircraft's external fuel tanks and the plane crashed five miles from the runway.

Oden, Willie Evert (Sergeant First Class; U. S. Army)

POW

Korea

1920

11/30/1950

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA 06952851; Died while a prisoner of war

Rush, Marion A. (Private First Class; U. S. Army)

KIA

Korea - Yongsan

1915

9/1/1950

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA38022508; Private First Class Rush was a member of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 1, 1950.

Tallant, James W. (PFC U.S. Army)

KIA

South Korea

 

8/11/1950

Canadian County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA18342274

Wood, Arlton H. (Private First Class; U. S. Army)

KIA

Korea – Taejon

1929

7/19/1950

Grady County, Oklahoma; Service Number RA18314803; Private First Class Wood was a member of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 19, 1950.

Yates, Melvin O. (Private, U. S. Army)

KIA

South Korea

1931

3/13/1951

Grady County, Service Number 18341598; : Private Yates was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on March 13, 1951.