This war was a conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans. The People’s Republic of China came to North Korea’s aid. After more than a million combat casualties had been suffered on both sides, the fighting ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states. Negotiations in 1954 produced no further agreement, and the front line has been accepted ever since as the de facto boundary between North and South Korea.
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Ann C Gillespie 1935 – 2007 See New York Deaths
Bailey Gillespie of North Carolina was a prisoner of war in North Korea. His story and photo published 2018, but link to it has gone dead,
Benny L Gillespie from Georgia. Died there Jan 29, 2006
Carl Lyndel Gillespie of Hannibal, Missouri. Dec 20, 1932 – Jan 3, 2023.
Champ G Gillespie from Alabama 1918-Dec 1, 1950
Charles Gillespie from Iowa January 21, 1935 – December 21, 2017
Charles Dale Gillespie, one tour with 1st Calvary Infantry Division. b Feb 3, 1936. D Jan 15, 2013 Morgantown, West Virginia.
Clinton Gillespie July 20, 1923 Utah – Dec 15, 2022. Fighter pilot with 85 missions F4D Phantom during 1951-52. Also served in Vietnam War. Later became Group Commander and had a military career.
David Ray Gillespie from Illinois 1925-Dec 11, 1950
Donald Gillespie from Vermont. Died Jan 19, 2013.
Donald Edwin Gillespie from North Carolina. b May 24, 1924 in Dallas. d April 15, 2017. Air Force Pilot and forward Air Controller.
Donald J Gillespie from Suffolk Co, New York
Evan L Gillespie from California 1930-Oct 21, 1951
Gerald Dean Gillespie, “Gip” from Illinois. b Sept 24, 1935. D Jan 29, 2019 in Illinois.
George Dewey Gillespie, Jr (PHOTO) from Alabama 1921-Aug 6, 1950
Isic Gillespie b Oct 23, 1932. Died Aug 4, 2004 in Florida.
James A Gillespie of East Liverpool, Ohio. b April 20, 1928 in West Virginia. D Dec 29, 2022 in Ohio.
James B Gillespie of Pennsylvania. Sept 17, 1935 – July 26, 2023
James F Gillespie of Pennsylvania Born June 28, 1932. Died June 28, 2020 in PA
James Milne Gillespie of Nova Scotia 1937 – 2014
James T Gillespie d July 31, 2013 in Florida.
John Richard Gillespie, Korean Air Force, Dec 24, 1930 – May 24, 1994. Buried Yuma Cemetery, Yuma Co, Colorado
Joseph Edward Gillespie of South Dakota. b Oct 28, 1932. D Feb 3, 2000. US Air Force
Kenneth Adrian Gillespie July 22, 1917 – Nov 3, 1982, From Kansas. Navy.
Lawrence T Gillespie (PHOTO) from New York, June 9, 1928 – Aug 31, 1951
Paul Wade Gillespie of Pennsylvania. Died Oct 17, 2013 in PA.
Raymond L Gillespie US Marine Corps from Virginia – see VA deaths
Robert Gillespie from Pennsylvania Feb 12, 1929-Sept 17, 1951
Robert F Gillespie from Pennsylvania. Died July 31, 2017 in PA. Of 44th Artillery Division. Teaching tank gunnery.
Robert Wheeler Gillespie from Utah June 13, 1926-May 12, 1951
Rubin White Gillespie from Missouri July 10, 1925-July 20, 1952
Vernell Gillespie b Jan 1, 1929. Died Feb 22, 2016 Osseo, Minnesota. Vernell served in the Merchant Marines during the Korean War.
William B Gillespie, born in Massachusetts. d Sept 6, 2009. Florida. Served in the Navy.
William Bradshaw Gillespie of Seattle, Washington State. b 192 Vancouver, BC. d 2005. 13 months in Korea
Totals: 34
Sources: military websites, American Battle Monuments Commission. Funeral Home Obituaries
