Recovery and Identification of Remains
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published: 10-Sept-2004
Remains of American MIAs Found in North Korea
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Public Affairs)
The remains were repatriated overland across the demilitarized zone as was done for the first
three recovery operations in ......
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published: 19-June-2004
18 sets of Korean War remains repatriated
By Joseph Giordono,
Stars and Stripes Pacific edition
Saturday, May 29, 2004:
Members of an honor guard salute as taps is played during a Yongsan Garrison repatriation
ceremony Thursday. Eighteen sets of remains thought to be those of American soldiers killed
in the Korean War ......
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Research and Analysis:
The 208 Unilaterally Returned Remains
By Donna Downes Knox
Between 1990 and 1994, North Korea unilaterally returned 208 sets of remains they said were
those of Americans lost during the Korean War.
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Remains Recovery
Memorandum of Agreement
In its 2000 Annual Report, DPMO states that the U.S. and South Korea (ROK) signed a Memorandum of
Agreement last June whereby the ROK will provide information it develops about possible American remains.
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Remains Identification
DNA Sequencing at AFDIL. AFDIL continues to process family reference specimens (FRS) as part of the overall identification
process.
- Last Rites Pending
America's Korean War 'Unknowns' … Buried Twice, Not Home Yet!
... ceremonies, little noted in
the press, were kept deliberately low-key to avoid what an Army directive called "unfavorable
publicity" about an "extremely sensitive" subject.
- Identification of Remains
Identification of remains that are returned through the joint recovery operations is an entirely separate
issue from identification of remains that have been buried as unknowns at the Punchbowl cemetery in Hawaii
since the end of the Korean war.
- 3 Recovery Operations Yield Many Remains
In June, U.S. and North Korean negotiators agreed to five joint recovery operations this year.
- US, N.Korea to Resume Talks on Korean War Dead
By Arshad Mohammed
The talks would take place in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur nearly 50 years after North Korean communist forces invaded
South Korea, triggering a three-year conflict that ended with an armistice that divided the Korean peninsula into two countries
still technically at war.
- Remains Recovery and Identification
Information was conflicting, but at first the North Koreans seemed to be telling people that they had found more than 400 sets
of remains. As days passed, however, it became apparent that they had unearthed only a few remains, and speculated that
some 400 others could be found in the area, upon further excavation.
- US Seeks N Korea Remains Talks
The Pentagon said today it invited North Korea to resume negotiations on a joint effort to find and
recover remains of American servicemen unaccounted for from the Korean War
- North Korea Approves Remains Talks February 4, 2000
"They apparently have agreed to discuss the number of remains and the conflict in the accounting, and
we would assume there would be a full discussion of returning those remains," Cohen said in an interview.
- Update NK Remains Offer
Yesterday (February 3rd) , DPMO held a briefing for family and veterans groups to update us all
on the strategy DPMO will take in responding to North Korea's recent claim that they have
discovered 415 sets of American remains in the Unsan area, and are prepared to repatriate them.
( Related story below:
Korean War Remains Discovered)
- Korean War Remains Discovered
Over the last several days, developments have come up regarding U.S.remains in North Korea.
- Background and Update through 1998
The recovery and identification of remains of missing servicemen from the Korean and Cold War is the single most
important issue to many surviving families.
- Policy Regarding Disposition of Artifacts
This policy pertains to requests by next of kin for artifacts that have been
recovered by the USG to include personal effects
- Policy Regarding Underwater Remains Recovery Operations
The USG is committed to pursuing all reasonable avenues to achieve that goal, including under certain
circumstances, the investigation of losses underwater.
- DoD Policy on Compensation for Return of Remains
To reduce the risk of Americans being held as hostages, the USG has long held that it will not pay
ransom for hostages, prisoners of war, or other individuals held against their will as a result of service to their country.
- US, North Korea End Stalemate Over MIA Remains
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service
Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Bob Jones left Oct. 21 to accept remains believed to be four
Korean War GIs that North Korean officials refused to repatriate last May.
- N. Korea Hands Over Remains of Four Soldiers to US
North Korea on Monday handed over to a US defense official the remains of four US soldiers missing since the Korean War
- US Receives Soldiers Remains
By Robert Burns
The Associated Press
Remains believed to be those of four American servicemen killed in the Korean War were flown to an Army laboratory in Hawaii
- Information About Remains, Recovery and Identification
The following excerpts are from an e-mail sent by one of Mr. Jones' assistants at DPMO.
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