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## News Release

# Soldiers Missing In Action From The Korean War Are Identified (Trent, Imrie, Wirrick)

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced todaythat the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Korean War, have beenidentified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are Sgt. Donald C. Trent, of Crab Orchard, W. Va.; Cpl. Robert K. Imrie, ofRandolph, Mass.; and Cpl. Samuel Wirrick of Lancaster, Pa.; all U.S. Army. Imrie will be buriedMonday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.; and Trent and Wirrick will beburied at Arlington in October.

Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometownsto explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with militaryhonors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.

In late November 1950, these soldiers were members of the 2nd Battalion, 38th InfantryRegiment, 2nd Infantry Division, then operating south of the Chongchon River in North Korea.Their regiment’s positions came under heavy attack by Chinese forces and the 2nd Battalion wasforced to withdraw to positions near the town of Kujang. On Nov. 27, Imrie was killed in action,and Trent and Wirrick were reported missing.

In 2000, a joint U.S.-Democratic People’s Republic of Korea-Korean People’s Armyteam, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), excavated a mass burialbelieved to contain the remains of U.S. soldiers who died near Kujang. The team found humanremains, Wirrick’s identification tag and other material evidence associated with U.S. Armyinfantry equipment.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists fromJPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA anddental comparisons in the identification of the remains.

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) 699-1420.

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