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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified (Scott)

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 Sgt. Charles L. Scott, 20, of Lynchburg, Va., will be buried Sept. 5, in hishometown. In late November 1950 Scott and elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team(RCT) were deployed along the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when they cameunder attack by Communist forces. The 31st RCT began a fighting withdrawal to a moredefensible position near Hagaru-ri, south of the reservoir. Following the battle, Scott wasreported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950.

In 1954 the United Nations and Communist Forces exchanged the remains of war dead inwhat came to be known as Operation Glory. Remains that were thought to be American weretransferred to the Army’s Central Identification Unit in Japan for analysis. Remains that wereunidentifiable were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as “thePunchbowl.”

In 2012, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) reassessed thepossibility of identifying the remains using modern technology and the decision was made toexhume the remains for identification.

In the identification of Scott, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNAIdentification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence, and forensic identification toolssuch as dental comparisons, radiograph comparisons and mitochondrial DNA – which matchedScott’s mother and sister.

Using modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that werepreviously turned over by North Korean officials. More than 7,900 American service membersare unaccounted-for from the Korean War.

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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