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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Craig)

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 Pfc. Jerry P. Craig, 17, of Panhandle, Texas, will be buried Dec. 19, in Leesville,La. In November 1950, Craig was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32ndInfantry Regimental Combat Team (RCT). From Nov. 27 to Dec. 2, while deployed along theeastern bank of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, the 31st RCT was attacked by Chineseforces, causing them to begin a fighting withdrawal south to a more defensible position.Following the fighting, Craig was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950.

In 1954, Chinese and North Korean Communist forces exchanged the remains of war deadwith the United Nations forces during Operation Glory. The following year a military reviewboard declared many of the remains as unidentifiable and they were transferred to be buried asunknowns in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, known as the“Punchbowl.”

Due to advances in technology, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA AccountingCommand (JPAC) in 2012 determined that the possibility of identifying the remains was likely atthat time. The unknown remains were disinterred for analysis and identification.

To identify Craig’s remains, scientists from JPAC used circumstantial evidence andforensic identification tools, such as dental comparisons and radiograph comparisons, whichmatched Craig’s records.

Today, 7,898 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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