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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Identified (Mullins)

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

Army Pfc. James C. Mullins, 20, of Dunham, Ky., will be buried on Nov. 2, near FortBragg, N.C. On July 22, 1950, Mullins and his unit, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th InfantryRegiment, battled enemy forces near Yugong-ni, South Korea. After the battle, Mullins waslisted as missing in action.

In 1951, remains of nine unidentified U.S. service members, from the battlefield nearYugong-ni, were buried as “unknown” in Pusan Cemetery. Later that year, the U.S. consolidatedcemeteries on the Korean peninsula. The unknown remains were re-interred at the NationalMemorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii—the “Punchbowl.”

In 2012, due to advances in identification technology, analysts from DPMO and JointPOW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) reevaluated the information associated with theremains interred in Hawaii and concluded that if exhumed they could likely be identified. Basedon available evidence such as metal identification tags, military clothing, and wartime records,analysts confirmed that the remains were a soldier who died at Yugong-ni.

To determine Mullins identification, scientists from JPAC used the circumstantialevidence and forensic identification tools including radiograph and dental comparisons.

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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