Latest "Chosin Reservoir" stories

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, conduct a disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 9, 2019.

Korean war soldier reported missing in action identified

Army Cpl. Donald L. Dupont was reported missing in action while fighting the enemy near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, on Dec. 2, 1950.

By Jessica Edwards

3 months ago

Illinois soldier ID’d from 55 boxes of remains returned by North Korea in 2018

Cpl. Asa E. Vance was reported missing in action Dec. 2, 1950, near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.

2 years ago

Remains of soldier returned by North Korea in 2018 to be buried

The remains of a Missouri soldier who died nearly 70 years ago in the Korean War will be buried Thursday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis County.

3 years ago

Ohio soldier identified from remains returned by North Korea

The remains of a soldier killed in the Korean War have been identified as an Ohio man.

4 years ago

Remains of Michigan soldier returned by North Korea coming back home

The remains of a Michigan soldier who went missing during the Korean War’s fierce Battle of Chosin Reservoir are being returned home after DNA testing confirmed that he died in that battle nearly 70 years ago.

4 years ago

Remains of US soldier reported MIA after Chosin Reservoir battle identified

There’s now a national veterans cemetery not far from where John Martin grew up along the upper Hudson River, but when it came time to pick a burial place for the soldier 68 years after he was killed in the Korean War, his niece picked the family plot at a nearby cemetery.

5 years ago