Mortuary Affairs in Korea – Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc.

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

By LTC John C. Cook, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1953 THE respect and care for the honored dead, the men who died for an ideal and their country, traditional with the people of the nations embracing western civilization, has never been so resolutely…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Condensed from Graves Registration Division,Korean Communications Zone (KCOMZ)Historical Summary, Jul-Dec 1954 Part of the Armistice Agreement signed in Panamunjom in June 1953 called for the exchange of military war dead on both sides. In the months that followed,…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Quartermaster Review-May/June 1954Colonel John D. Martz, Jr., QMC Graves Registration and recovery in the Korean War Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. Christmas 1950 dawned as a cold…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Quartermaster Review-July/August 1954Search and recovery operations in the Korean War Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. SILENTLY searching every foot of the South Korean countryside…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Cpl. William R. Davidson of Philadelphia, Pa., 114th Graves Registration Co., Quartermaster Corps, fills out a Form 52B, giving information regarding a deceased American soldier at the UN Cemetery at Taegu, Korea. At right are (l-r) marker (cross), unidentified…