NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An estimated 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War and nearly 200 of them are from Tennessee. The Korean War was three years of intense fighting that began in March 1950 and 34,000 Americans died during combat. Here are five soldiers classified as Missing In Action (MIA) from the war who are from Middle Tennessee. Vester Hicks Army Corporal Vester Hicks, Jr. is from Waynesboro, Tennessee. Hicks disappeared Nov.