Recoveries
The information in these pages has been compiled from press releases distributed by DPAA.
Alvarez, Cpl. Agustin
Dec. 14, 2011 U.S. 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 will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Agustin Alvarez, 22, of Los Angeles, Calif., will be buried on Dec. 17, in his hometown. In November 1950, Alvarez and soldiers from the Heavy Mortar Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, were forced to withdraw...
read moreTroche, Pfc. Maximo A.
Dec. 14, 2011 U.S. 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 will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. Maximo A. Troche, 24, of New York, will be buried on Dec. 17, in Hartsdale, N.Y. On Feb. 4, 1951, Troche and soldiers from the I Company, 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, fought against Communist...
read moreArendt, CPL Stanley P.
April 7, 2010 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREANWAR IS 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. He is Corporal Stanley P. Arendt, U.S. Army. He will be buried Monday in his hometown of Palatine, Ill. In early November 1950, Arendt was assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division occupying a defensive position near the town of...
read moreHead, MSG Roy E.
June 4, 2010 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREANWAR 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. He is Master Sgt. Roy E. Head, U.S. Army, of Clinchport, Va. His funeral will be held Saturday in Duffield, Va. He was assigned to Headquarters Company, 49th Field Artillery Battalion. After the 1953 armistice, it was learned from surviving POWs that...
read moreHigdon, Pfc. Charles H.
June 18, 2010 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREANWAR 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. He is Pfc. Charles H. Higdon, U.S. Army. He will be buried Tuesday in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. In early November 1950, Higdon was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, occupying a defensive position near the town...
read moreLangwell, Ensign Robert W.
June 29, 2010 SAILOR 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 are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Ensign Robert W. Langwell, U.S. Navy, of Columbus, Ind. His funeral will be held July 12 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Oct. 1, 1950, Langwell was serving on the minesweeper USS Magpie when it sank after...
read moreReeve, Cpl Harry J.
July 30, 2010 U.S. SOLDIER MIA FROM KOREANWAR IS 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. He is U.S. Army Corporal Harry J. Reeve of Philadelphia. He will be buried Wednesday in Radcliff, Ky. In early November 1950, Reeve was assigned to the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division occupying a defensive position near the town of...
read moreFastner, MSG Michael C.
Aug. 13, 2010 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 Master Sgt. Michael C. Fastner, 31, of St. Paul, Minn., will be buried July 22 in Fort Snelling, Minn. On Nov. 25, 1950, he was assigned to the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division in North Korea, when the division came under attack...
read moreStewart, Cpl. Roy
Aug. 13, 2010 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. He is Cpl. Roy Stewart, U.S. Army, of Jackson, Miss. His funeral will be held Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army’s mortuary office met with the next-of-kin of these men to explain the recovery...
read moreSmith, Cpl. Frank H.
Aug. 27, 2010 SOLDIER MISSING FROM KOREANWAR 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 are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Frank H. Smith, U.S. Army, of Liverpool, N.Y. His funeral will be held Thursday in North Syracuse, N.Y. Representatives from the Army met with Smith’s next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to...
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