Recoveries
The information in these pages has been compiled from press releases distributed by DPAA.
Miljus, Saunders & Stroup
April 27, 2011 SOLDIERS MISSING FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Cpl. James R. Stroup, of St. Louis, Mo.; 1st Lt. Jack J. Saunders, of Ogden, Utah; and Sgt. Brunko R. Miljus, of Portland, Ore. All men were U.S. Army and will be buried April 30, 2011. Stroup will be buried in St....
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May 9, 2011 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Primo C. Carnabuci, 19, of Old Saybrook, Conn., will be buried May 12 in his hometown. On Nov. 1, 1950, Carnabuci’s unit, the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, occupied a defensive position along the Kuryong River, near Unsan,...
read moreTerrell, Pfc. Joseph A.
May 18, 2011 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. Joseph A. Terrell, 30, of Dallas, Tex., will be buried tomorrow in the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. On Nov. 1, 1950, Terrell’s unit, L Company, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, occupied a defensive position in North Korea along the...
read moreMoore, Cpl. Harold B.
June 1, 2011 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Harold B. Moore, 19, of Wood County, W.Va., will be buried June 2 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Nov. 1, 1950, Moore’s unit, the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, occupied a defensive position along the Kuryong...
read moreStai, Capt. Melvin R.
July 7, 2011 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Capt. Melvin R. Stai, 33, of Spokane, Wash., will be buried on July 9 in his hometown. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that he had been captured in January 1951, marched north to a POW camp in Suan County, North...
read moreArce, Cpl. Charles
July 20, 2011 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Charles Arce, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be buried July 20 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Nov. 1, 1950, Arce was assigned to M Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, occupying a...
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July 20, 2011 SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. Peter Kubic, 22, of Laflin, Pa., will be buried July 21 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Feb. 12, 1951, he was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea, when his division came under attack near Hoengsong....
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July 22, 2011 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. James N. Sund, 28, of Oklee, Minn., will be buried on July 26 in Highlanding, Minn. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that he had been captured in January 1951, marched north to a POW camp in Suan County, North...
read moreLavelle Jr., Pfc. John G.
July 27, 2011 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. John G. Lavelle Jr., 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y., will be buried Aug 1 in Calverton, N.Y. On Dec. 1, 1950, he was assigned to the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division when his unit was overrun by enemy forces near Kunu-ri, North...
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Aug. 17, 2011 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREAN WAR IDENTIFIED The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. James S. Murray, 22, of Shinnston, W.Va., will be buried on August 20 in his hometown. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that he had been captured in January 1951, marched north to a POW camp in Suan County,...
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