My grandfather is a Korean War veteran...?

What you will want to do is find out some key information about your grandfather:

1: Full birth name

2: Full birth date

3: Social Security Number

4: Military serial number

5: Where he did basic at.

6: What units he was in.

I know 4, 5, & 6 are kinda hard to get, but, the more information you have, the better.

Next you will want to contact:

Military Personnel Records Center

9700 Page Avenue

Saint Louis, Missouri

Send them all the information you can, and if it still exzist, they will (for a fee) send you a copy of his "Service Record Book" (SRB) This will contain all of his military information, such as, when he joined, what metals/ribbons he earned, what units he was attached to, where he was stationed, where he served.....ect. When you get this info you can contact a Korean Veterans group and maybe talk to some people who served with your grandfather. There is two things to remember though. First, It will take a ling time to get the record. They littraly have millions of them. Second, they do not have all of them. Some were destroyed in a fire in the 1970's

Hope this helps!

1. Get roughly when (what year/ month) was he assigned to Korea.

2. Has he got a photograph of him in uniform? From the uniform u can identify whether he was a Marine, a normal infantry soldier or is he from an Armor Unit (tank Bn).

3. If u know his regimental number and rank, would definitely helps you most.

3. Once u have identified this, then only you can narrow down your search to the Unit, Regiment or Division and the veteran association.

4. With the guidance and assistance from those organisations, then only you may be able to get more information from the actual Unit he served during the period. It is normally part of the military tradition to keep records of their activities, their involvement in war or any operations in the form of photographs, momentos and records. U may get a lot of assistance and information from the Unit ( he served).

Thank you.

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You would have to be able to get the Battalion name and start a search their............that's starting point number 1. You could also ask your grandfather, or one of your relatives which Army he was in, was it the 3rd, the 6th, or one of the other US Army's that were stationed ion Korea.

You may find something on the History Channel Website.

Many veterans do not like to talk about their experiences because there were probably some very gruesome and disturbing events they don't want to share, especially with their children and grandchildren. My father was a WWII vet and was the same-he wouldn't talk a lot about it.n I could tell it affected him a great deal because when we asked him questions, he would give quick, short answers and kind of "dismiss" us, and then he got really quiet. We left him alone about it.

There should be military archives. Also there should be rosters of those in his group that might be still alive. Perhaps you can contact them and find more information. Veterans organizations should be able to help you.

The first step is to know what batallion and what front lines - they went from one end of this place to the other until the Chinese got into it and drove our troops back.

You need more background then get to veteran groups, then perhaps military records.

If your grandfather got a medal for actions in the Korea War this site is good and has good pictures and stories too.http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/arms.htm

Unfortunately, I don't know where you can get all the information you desire. My cousin is a Korean War vet but I've never been all that curious about his experiences over there.

There is a site called military.com you can get some info there you will need to know what branch of service Army etc. and what unit he was in,it also gives you up to date info. on whats going on today.

suggest web search KW veteran or visit library.