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## News Release

# Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Conklin)

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 Cpl. George W. Conklin Jr., 18, of Phelps, N.Y., will be buried Nov. 9, in his hometown. In late November 1950, Conklin and members of Company I, 31st Regimental CombatTeam (RCT), historically known as Task Force Faith, were deployed along the eastern banks ofthe Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. From Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, Chinese forces encircled and overranthe U.S. positions forcing the 31st RCT to withdraw south along Route 5 to a more defensibleposition. Following the battle, on Dec. 3, 1950, Conklin was reported missing in action.

From Sept. 21-27, 2004, a Joint U.S./Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.)team surveyed a field south of the Pungnyuri-gang inlet of the Chosin Reservoir and a second sitelocated south of Route 5. They recovered human remains and material evidence, includinguniform insignia worn by the U.S. Infantry and Field Artillery personnel circa 1950.

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, including mitochondrial DNA – which matchedConklin’s brother.

Using modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that wererecovered or previously turned over by North Korean officials. As of Nov. 5, there are 7,903Americans who remain 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 www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.

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