The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing

In Korea, the listed major U.S. combat units accounted for 96 percent of Americans killed by hostile action, and wounded in action figures included only those actually hospitalized. The 2nd Infantry Division lost 7,094 killed in action and 16,575 wounded in action; the 1st Marine Division, 4,004 killed in action and 25,864 wounded in action; the 7th Infantry Division, 3,905 killed in action and 10,858 wounded in action; the 1st Cavalry Division, 3,811 killed in action and 12,086 wounded in action; the 24th Infantry Division, 3,735 killed in action and 7,395 wounded in action; the 25th Infantry Division, 3,048 killed in action and 10,186 wounded in action; the 3rd Infantry Division, 2,160 killed in action and 7,939 wounded in action; the Far East Air Forces 5th Air Force, 1,200 killed in action and 368 wounded in action; the 5th Regimental Combat Team, 867 killed in action and 3,188 wounded in action; the 45th Infantry Division, 834 killed in action and 3,170 wounded in action; the Naval Forces Far East 7th Fleet, 458 killed in action and 1,576 wounded in action; the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, 442 killed in action and 1,656 wounded in action; the 40th Infantry Division, 376 killed in action and 1,457 wounded in action; and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 258 killed in action and 174 wounded in action. The 29th Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 24th Infantry Division and later assigned to the 27th and 35th Infantry Regiments of the 25th Infantry Division, lost 313 men killed in action on July 25-26, 1950, alone, and those figures are included above. In addition to the listed units, 1,432 Army personnel assigned to outfits independent of the divisions and regimental combat teams were also killed in action. The memorial also lists major events of the war and people from southeast Pennsylvania who gave their lives in defense of the Republic of Korea.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States