CPL U.S. Army - Korea
The following information is from the Korean War Project website (www.koreanwar.org):
Corporal Menken was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On June 10, 1953, he was defending his position at "Outpost Harry" in North Korea when he came under intense artillery and mortar fire. He was seriously wounded and died of those wounds later that day. His remains were not recovered. Korean War Project Key No: 20039
Service Number: RA13428835
Location Or Battle Zone: Chorwon Area
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The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on February 7, 2022:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Corporal Donald L. Menken, 21, a Light Weapons Assault Crewman killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Feb. 2, 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 45801014) and he is remembered at the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 118960694).
Update: The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on March 28, 2022: Corporal Menken "will be buried May 14, 2022, in Ermine, Kentucky."
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The following article was posted on May 3, 2022 on the WDRB Media website and submitted by Find A Grave contributor G. S. Wagner (#48011774):
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A U.S. soldier killed in the Korean War will be interred at a Kentucky cemetery this month.
Army Cpl. Donald L. Menken, a Kentucky native, was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War. At the age of 21, he was reported missing on June 10, 1953 after being wounded by artillery shell fragments while his unit was guarding an outpost on a main road to Seoul.
Menken nor his remains were found, and he was declared killed in action June 11, 1954 and non-recoverable in January 1956.
According to a news release, the American Graves Registration Service Group couldn't find any remains that could be identified as Menken. He also wasn't a prisoner of war (POW) returned in the summer of 1953.
The American Graves Registration Service Group found an unknown set of remains, which were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Those remains became part of a project by the Defense POW/MIA Agency to identify 652 Korean War unknown burials in 2018. The remains were confirmed to be Menken in Feb. 2, 2022 from circumstantial evidence, along with dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Menken, who was from Whitesburg, will be interred May 14 at Green Acres Cemetery. A graveside service will be performed by Everidge Funeral Home.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War.
Source: https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-identified-to-be-buried-near-whitesburg/article_ae38ebd8-cb18-11ec-a833-8f91fddad9a6.html
The following information is from the Korean War Project website (www.koreanwar.org):
Corporal Menken was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On June 10, 1953, he was defending his position at "Outpost Harry" in North Korea when he came under intense artillery and mortar fire. He was seriously wounded and died of those wounds later that day. His remains were not recovered. Korean War Project Key No: 20039
Service Number: RA13428835
Location Or Battle Zone: Chorwon Area
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The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on February 7, 2022:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Corporal Donald L. Menken, 21, a Light Weapons Assault Crewman killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Feb. 2, 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 45801014) and he is remembered at the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 118960694).
Update: The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on March 28, 2022: Corporal Menken "will be buried May 14, 2022, in Ermine, Kentucky."
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The following article was posted on May 3, 2022 on the WDRB Media website and submitted by Find A Grave contributor G. S. Wagner (#48011774):
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A U.S. soldier killed in the Korean War will be interred at a Kentucky cemetery this month.
Army Cpl. Donald L. Menken, a Kentucky native, was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War. At the age of 21, he was reported missing on June 10, 1953 after being wounded by artillery shell fragments while his unit was guarding an outpost on a main road to Seoul.
Menken nor his remains were found, and he was declared killed in action June 11, 1954 and non-recoverable in January 1956.
According to a news release, the American Graves Registration Service Group couldn't find any remains that could be identified as Menken. He also wasn't a prisoner of war (POW) returned in the summer of 1953.
The American Graves Registration Service Group found an unknown set of remains, which were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Those remains became part of a project by the Defense POW/MIA Agency to identify 652 Korean War unknown burials in 2018. The remains were confirmed to be Menken in Feb. 2, 2022 from circumstantial evidence, along with dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Menken, who was from Whitesburg, will be interred May 14 at Green Acres Cemetery. A graveside service will be performed by Everidge Funeral Home.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War.
Source: https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-identified-to-be-buried-near-whitesburg/article_ae38ebd8-cb18-11ec-a833-8f91fddad9a6.html
CPL U.S. Army - Korea
The following information is from the Korean War Project website (www.koreanwar.org):
Corporal Menken was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On June 10, 1953, he was defending his position at "Outpost Harry" in North Korea when he came under intense artillery and mortar fire. He was seriously wounded and died of those wounds later that day. His remains were not recovered. Korean War Project Key No: 20039
Service Number: RA13428835
Location Or Battle Zone: Chorwon Area
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The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on February 7, 2022:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Corporal Donald L. Menken, 21, a Light Weapons Assault Crewman killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Feb. 2, 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 45801014) and he is remembered at the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 118960694).
Update: The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on March 28, 2022: Corporal Menken "will be buried May 14, 2022, in Ermine, Kentucky."
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The following article was posted on May 3, 2022 on the WDRB Media website and submitted by Find A Grave contributor G. S. Wagner (#48011774):
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A U.S. soldier killed in the Korean War will be interred at a Kentucky cemetery this month.
Army Cpl. Donald L. Menken, a Kentucky native, was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War. At the age of 21, he was reported missing on June 10, 1953 after being wounded by artillery shell fragments while his unit was guarding an outpost on a main road to Seoul.
Menken nor his remains were found, and he was declared killed in action June 11, 1954 and non-recoverable in January 1956.
According to a news release, the American Graves Registration Service Group couldn't find any remains that could be identified as Menken. He also wasn't a prisoner of war (POW) returned in the summer of 1953.
The American Graves Registration Service Group found an unknown set of remains, which were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Those remains became part of a project by the Defense POW/MIA Agency to identify 652 Korean War unknown burials in 2018. The remains were confirmed to be Menken in Feb. 2, 2022 from circumstantial evidence, along with dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Menken, who was from Whitesburg, will be interred May 14 at Green Acres Cemetery. A graveside service will be performed by Everidge Funeral Home.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War.
Source: https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-identified-to-be-buried-near-whitesburg/article_ae38ebd8-cb18-11ec-a833-8f91fddad9a6.html
The following information is from the Korean War Project website (www.koreanwar.org):
Corporal Menken was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On June 10, 1953, he was defending his position at "Outpost Harry" in North Korea when he came under intense artillery and mortar fire. He was seriously wounded and died of those wounds later that day. His remains were not recovered. Korean War Project Key No: 20039
Service Number: RA13428835
Location Or Battle Zone: Chorwon Area
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on February 7, 2022:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Corporal Donald L. Menken, 21, a Light Weapons Assault Crewman killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Feb. 2, 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 45801014) and he is remembered at the National Korean War Veterans Memorial (see Find a Grave Memorial 118960694).
Update: The following was submitted by Find A Grave contributor SBR (#49039178) on March 28, 2022: Corporal Menken "will be buried May 14, 2022, in Ermine, Kentucky."
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The following article was posted on May 3, 2022 on the WDRB Media website and submitted by Find A Grave contributor G. S. Wagner (#48011774):
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A U.S. soldier killed in the Korean War will be interred at a Kentucky cemetery this month.
Army Cpl. Donald L. Menken, a Kentucky native, was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War. At the age of 21, he was reported missing on June 10, 1953 after being wounded by artillery shell fragments while his unit was guarding an outpost on a main road to Seoul.
Menken nor his remains were found, and he was declared killed in action June 11, 1954 and non-recoverable in January 1956.
According to a news release, the American Graves Registration Service Group couldn't find any remains that could be identified as Menken. He also wasn't a prisoner of war (POW) returned in the summer of 1953.
The American Graves Registration Service Group found an unknown set of remains, which were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
Those remains became part of a project by the Defense POW/MIA Agency to identify 652 Korean War unknown burials in 2018. The remains were confirmed to be Menken in Feb. 2, 2022 from circumstantial evidence, along with dental, anthropological and mitochondrial DNA analysis.
Menken, who was from Whitesburg, will be interred May 14 at Green Acres Cemetery. A graveside service will be performed by Everidge Funeral Home.
More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War.
Source: https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-soldier-killed-in-korean-war-identified-to-be-buried-near-whitesburg/article_ae38ebd8-cb18-11ec-a833-8f91fddad9a6.html
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