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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Galarneau)

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced todaythat the remains of a U.S. soldier, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will bereturned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Army Cpl. Edwin L. Galarneau, 21, of Wenatchee, Wash., will be buried April 23, in hishometown. In late 1950, Galarneau was a member of the Headquarters Battery, 57th FieldArtillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team. After engaging in a battle with enemy forceseast of the Chosin Reservoir, members of the 31st RCT, historically known as Task Force Faith,began a fighting withdrawal to a more defensible position. Following the battle, Galarneau wasreported missing on Dec. 6, 1950.

In 1953, a returning American soldier who had been held as a prisoner of war reported thatGalarneau had been captured by Chinese forces on Dec. 2, 1950, and died shortly thereafter as aresult of wounds inflicted during the battle. Galarneau’s remains were not among the remainsrepatriated by the Chinese or North Koreans in “Operation Big Switch,” in 1954.

Between 1991 and 1994, North Korea gave the United States 208 boxes of human remainsbelieved to contain the remains of 350 - 400 U.S. servicemen. North Korean documents, turnedover with some of the boxes, indicated that some of the remains were recovered from the areawhere Galarneau was believed to have died in 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir.

To identify Galarneau’s remains, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA AccountingCommand and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial evidenceand forensic identification tools, such as dental comparison and Mitochondrial DNA analysis,which matched his cousins.

Today, more than 7,900 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Usingmodern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that were previously turnedover by North Korean officials.

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) 699-1169.

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