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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1189-06
November 22, 2006
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Soldier Missing in Action from the Korean War is Identified
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 returned to his family for
burial with full military honors.
He is Pfc. Charles H. Long, U.S. Army, of Durand, Ill. He will be
buried Nov. 25 in Durand.
Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin to explain the
recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with
military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.
On March 24, 1953, Long was one of four men from L Company,3rd
Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, who was declared
missing in action after engaging enemy forces north of the Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) on what came to be known as Pork Chop Hill. The bodies of two
of the MIAs were recovered and a third MIA was returned alive during
Operation Big Switch after having been captured by Chinese Communist
Forces. Long remained unaccounted-for, and was eventually declared dead on
March 24, 1954.
In 1993, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) gave United
Nations officials 33 boxes with human remains of alleged U.S. servicemen
who were unaccounted-for. The DPRK recovered the remains near Komsa-ri in
Kangwon Province, which was near Long's last known location. Also included
in one of the boxes were Long's social security and identification cards
along with identification tags.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial
evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (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) 699-1169 .
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