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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Newton)

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

Army Cpl. William A. Newton, 22, of Sikeston, Mo., will be buried Dec. 20, in SourLake, Texas. On Nov. 30, 1950, Newton was with the Headquarters Service Company, 2ndEngineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. After a battle with enemy forces, Newton wasreported missing in action, near Kunnu-ri, North Korea.

Following the war, returning U.S. service members reported that Newton had beencaptured by the Chinese and died in February 1951 while held captive in prisoner of war Camp 5near Pyoktong, North Korea.

During Operation Glory in September 1954, United Nations and Chinese forcesexchanged the remains of war dead, some of which were reportedly recovered from POW Camp 5at Pyoktong.

A military review board declared the remains as unidentifiable in December 1955 and hadthe remains transferred to Hawaii to be buried as unknown in the National Memorial Cemetery ofthe Pacific, known as the “Punchbowl.”

Due to advances in technology, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA AccountingCommand (JPAC) in 2012 determined there was a possibility of identifying the remains. Afterextensive historical and other research, the unknown remains were disinterred for analysis andpossible identification.

To identify Newton’s remains, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNAIdentification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools,such as dental comparison and radiograph comparisons, which matched Newton’s X-rays taken in1946.

Today, 7,897 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 or recovered from North Korea by American teams.

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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