Fact Sheet 29 September 2023
Korean War Personnel Accounting
Korean War Statistics
Total personnel unaccounted-for 7487
Conducted with the Republic of Korea (R.O.K./South Korea) Joint Field Activities (JFAs) from 1996—2023 61
Conducted with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K./North Korea) Joint Recovery Operations (JROs) 33
Designation Total Transfer Cases/Caskets Accounted-for Personnel
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, 1990-1994 (K-208)1 208 193
Additional unilateral turnovers from D.P.R.K. 1995-2023 2 2
Remains recovered from D.P.R.K. during Joint Recovery Operations (JROs), 1996-2005 229 153
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, in 2007 7 6
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, 2018 (K-55)2 55 89
Unknown remains disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, HI (NMCP/Punchbowl), 1999-2023 572
D.P.R.K. 108
R.O.K. 99207
Remains recovered from the R.O.K. via JFAs, 1992-2023 32 18
Remains repatriated from Japan via JFAs 1 1
Remains repatriated from the P.R.C. via JFAs 1 1
Total missing personnel accounted for from 1982-2023 670
1The K-208 transfer cases of remains received from the D.P.R.K. between 1990 and 1994 were commingled and may contain the remains as many as 400 individuals.
2The K-55 transfer cases of remains received from the D.P.R.K. received on 27 July 2018 are commingled and may contain the remains of over 200 individuals.
Korean War Personnel Accounting
Korean War Statistics
Total personnel unaccounted-for 7487
Conducted with the Republic of Korea (R.O.K./South Korea) Joint Field Activities (JFAs) from 1996—2023 61
Conducted with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K./North Korea) Joint Recovery Operations (JROs) 33
Designation Total Transfer Cases/Caskets Accounted-for Personnel
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, 1990-1994 (K-208)1 208 193
Additional unilateral turnovers from D.P.R.K. 1995-2023 2 2
Remains recovered from D.P.R.K. during Joint Recovery Operations (JROs), 1996-2005 229 153
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, in 2007 7 6
Remains repatriated from D.P.R.K. via unilateral turnovers, 2018 (K-55)2 55 89
Unknown remains disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, HI (NMCP/Punchbowl), 1999-2023 572
D.P.R.K. 108
R.O.K. 99207
Remains recovered from the R.O.K. via JFAs, 1992-2023 32 18
Remains repatriated from Japan via JFAs 1 1
Remains repatriated from the P.R.C. via JFAs 1 1
Total missing personnel accounted for from 1982-2023 670
1The K-208 transfer cases of remains received from the D.P.R.K. between 1990 and 1994 were commingled and may contain the remains as many as 400 individuals.
2The K-55 transfer cases of remains received from the D.P.R.K. received on 27 July 2018 are commingled and may contain the remains of over 200 individuals.