Army Deaths in Korea
1970 through 1999
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1981
March 15, 1981 -
- Cude, Sgt. Vernon Jr., 21, Carrizo Springs, Texas.
While participating in Team Spirit in Korea, he and three other
soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 31st Mechanized
Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division, drowned in the Namhan River.
They were 35 miles southeast of Seoul when the pontoon bridge
they were crossing broke apart.
- Pickins, Sgt. Harry L., 26, West Memphis, Arkansas.
See Cude, Vernon for details.
- Pidgeon, Pfc. Philip J., 18, Carbondale,
Pennsylvania. See Cude, Vernon for details.
- Schlecht, Sgt. Gary W., 22, Vandalia, Ohio. See
Cude, Vernon for details.
1985
May 10, 1985 -
- US soldier died when the armored personnel carrier he was
riding in fell off a pontoon bridge into the Imjim River.
Name not yet found.
1998
- US soldier drowned when the armored personnel carrier he was
riding in fell off a pontoon bridge on the Imjim River.
Name not yet found. One of four U.S. soldiers & one KATUSA.
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