U.S. Recovers Body Of Soldier MIA Since The Korean War
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) says they have identified a serviceman who was listed as missing in action (MIA) from the Korean War.
Pfc. Francis Crater Jr., U.S. Army's 32nd Infantry Regiment, of Barberton, Ohio will be returned to his family and buried with full military honors, October 21 in Akron, Ohio.
According to the Pentagon, from Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 1950, the U.S. Army's 31st Regimental Combat Team, to which Crater's regiment was temporarily assigned, fought elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces in the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. After intense fighting, the 1/32 Infantry was forced to abandon its position, leaving its dead behind. Regimental records compiled after the battle indicate that Crater was killed in action on Nov. 28, 1950.
Crater's body was recovered in 2003 by a joint U.S.-Democratic People's Republic of North Korea team, from a mass grave on the eastern shore of the Chosin Reservoir.
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