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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified (Haag)

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, were recentlyidentified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Army 1st Lt. Douglas H. Haag, 26, of Louisville, Ky., will be buried June 1, in hishometown. In early July 1950, Haag, and elements of the 21st Infantry Regiment (IR), 24thInfantry Division (ID), were deployed along the Kum River in western South Korea to maintaintheir positions long enough for Republic of Korea (R.O.K) forces to retreat to a more defensibleposition in the south. From July 10-12, 1950, North Korean forces struck and overran the U.S.positions, inflicting heavy casualties on the 21st IR. During this attack, Haag was reportedmissing near the town of Chochiwon.

When no further information on Haag was received by U.S. forces, and when he failed toreturn to U.S. control during the prisoner of war exchanges with the Chinese and North Koreanforces, a U.S. military review board re-examined his status and concluded that Haag waspresumed dead and his remains non-recoverable.

In June 2012, personnel from the R.O.K Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIARecovery and Identification (MAKRI) were canvassing South Korea towns and villages to findinformation regarding unaccounted-for R.O.K soldiers from the Korean War, when the teamlocated human remains near the town of Chochiwon. The MAKRI returned the remains andmilitary equipment over to U.S. officials. Haag’s remains were among those found andtransferred into U.S. custody.

To identify the remains, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command(JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantialevidence, and forensic identification tools such as dental comparison which matched Grainger’srecords. They also used mitochondrial DNA - which matched Haag’s brother and sister.

Today, more than 7,900 Americans remain unaccounted-for from the Korean War.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missingAmericans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.

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