Not sure if there is anyone younger, but my father Roy L Hartford, Sr. was 15 when he landed in Korea. His 16th birthday was Aug. 2, 1950. I am interested to know if he was the youngest.
Master Sgt. Gilbert Zamora was 13 when he enlisted. he was let in because he said he was 6 feet 2 in the eighth grade and 165
lbs.
Tony Audia of Dearborn, MI
See Korean War Facts or Korean War Educator.
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Aproximately 1,789,000 US Servicemen served in the Korean War.
U.S. was involved in the Korean war for three years.
The US Government supported the Korean War.
See Korean War Facts or Korean War Educator.
The youngest recorded soldier to be wounded in the US Civil War was a Union drummer boy named William Black. He was 12 when he was wounded by an explosing shell.
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The US entered the Korean war in order to protect South Korea
yes, US forces participated in the korean war from 1950 to 1953
The Youngest surviving soldier at the end of the US Civil War was Andrew 'Jackson' Botts. He was the 13 years old. Known as the 'Little Drummer Boy,' he joined the Civil war when he was 12 1/2 years old. There were other soldiers who were as young as or younger when they joined, but Andrew Jackson Botts was the only 13 year old soldier at the end of the war.
If you are asking about the US Civil War, that would not be possible. The US Civil War took place from 1861-1865. If a person was born in 1865, he or she would be 144 years old as of 2010.
For the US, Vietnam.
No- unless he lied about his age and nobody bothered to check for a birth certificate.
The US was the primary combatant of the Korean War.
Aproximately 1,789,000 US Servicemen served in the Korean War.
The Korean War was the FIRST "Hot" battle of the Cold War; a war against communism.