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Raymond
Adam
Staats
POW (Korea) MIA

Home:

Jamaica, Long Island

, 

New York

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Wall of the Missing)

Raymond Staats was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    November 4, 1950 – MIA In Captivity
    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

    Sergeant Raymond Adam Staats (ASN: RA-12251950), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 4 November 1950 during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and is presumed to have died or been killed while in captivity.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    19th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    24th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    November 4, 1950
    Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 270 (1950)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Raymond Adam Staats (ASN: RA-12251950), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, in action near Anju, Korea, on 4 November 1950. The company to which he was attached was subjected to a fierce enemy attack which was successful in making a penetration in the company’s positions. During the intense fighting Corporal Staats continually exposed himself to the full fury of the enemy’s fire, treating many wounded. Time and time again he moved through a hail of withering fire, to reach the side of a wounded comrade and through his untiring efforts many were treated and evacuated who otherwise would have gone unattended. When last seen he was ministering to a fallen soldiers as the enemy overran his position. Corporal Staats’ courageous action and complete devotion to his comrades reflect the greatest credit on himself and the United States Army Medical Service.