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## News Release

# U.S. Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified (Reynolds)

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. Theodore A. Reynolds, 19, of Syracuse, N.Y., will be buried on Dec. 1, in hishometown. In November 1950, Reynolds, who was serving in the Company B, 2nd ChemicalMortar Battalion attached to the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division, went missing inaction during a battle near Unsan, North Korea. In 1951, information obtained from the Chineseshowed the Reynolds had been captured, and held as a prisoner of war. In 1953, Americansoldiers who were returned as part of a POW exchange confirmed that Reynolds had beencaptured by Chinese forces, and died in POW Camp 5, on the Yalu River of North Korea, fromlack of medical care and malnutrition in 1951.

In 1954, during Operation Glory, China turned over remains of U.S. servicemen who diedin the Korean War. At the time, the Army was unable to identify Reynolds and the remains wereburied as "unknown" at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.

In 2009, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) re-examined the records andconcluded that because of advances in identification technology, the remains could be exhumedand identified. Scientists from the JPAC were able to analyze the remains and identifiedReynolds.

Along with forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from theJPAC used dental records in the identification of Reynolds’ remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missingAmericans, visit the DPMO web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1420.

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