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## News Release

# Soldier MIA From Korean War Identified (Kubic)

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. The unit was forced towithdraw to a more defensible position. Following the battle, Kubic was reported missing inaction.

Information released in a Chinese propaganda broadcast in 1951 established that Kubichad been captured by enemy forces. A subsequent report indicated that he died while in captivity,although no date or cause of death was identified.

Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of remainsbelieved to contain the remains of 200-400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents, turnedover with some of the boxes, indicated that human remains were recovered from North HwanghaeProvince. This area correlates to the approximate location of two major North Korean POWcamps - Suan Bean Camp and Suan Mining Camp.

Among forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from theArmed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA – which matched that ofKubic’s sister—in the identification. In addition, Kubic’s military identification tags wereincluded with the remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missingAmericans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.

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