Editing Missing in action (section)

====Korean War US MIAs repatriation (1954–2023)====
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|+ US Department of Defense Loss concentrations maps estimation of U.S. MIAs/POWs as being lost in North Korea in 1954<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/images/korea/map_remains.jpg|title=Department of Defense map of North Korea with estimated loss concentrations." dpaa.mil. Retrieved: December 17, 2015.|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> and in 2017.<ref name="dpaa.mil">{{cite web|url=http://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/569610/progress-on-korean-war-personnel-accounting/|title=Progress on Korean War Personnel Accounting|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>
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! Location!! 1954!! 2017
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|POW CAMPS ||1,200–1,273 || 883–1,200<ref>Apex (270);Camp 5 (322}; Death Valley Camp {250); Valley #1 {41}</ref>
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|[[Battle of Unsan|Unsan]]/[[Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River|Chongchon area]]||1,109–1,559 ||1,294–1,549<ref>Unsan {250}; Kuryong {176}; Kujang {276}; Kunuri {403}; Pyongyang Cemetery {[https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/12/184-us-troops-korean-war-could-be-buried-pyongyang-cemetery.html 184]}</ref>
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|[[Korean Demilitarized Zone|DMZ]]||89||1,000
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|[[United Nations Memorial Cemetery|UN Cemetery]]||266<ref>{Koto-Ri; Hungnam; Wonsam; Pyongyang}</ref>||[233]<ref>As of 2017 Pyongyang and Hungnam UN Cemeteries totals Listed under Unsan/Chongchan and Chosin Reservoir areas</ref>
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|[[Battle of Chosin Reservoir|Chosin Reservoir area]]||523–1,002||598–1,079<ref>Yudamni {196}; Sinhung {100};Twiggae {223}; Kotori Cemetery {30}; Hungnam Cemetery {49}</ref>
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|Suan Camps||0|| 185
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|Totals||1,832–4,229|| 2,775–5,013
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The US Department of Defense DPAA gives dates for the [[Korean War]] from June 27, 1950, to January 31, 1955.<ref>[https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaFamWebKorean DPAA Famweb accessed August 2, 2018]</ref> Between June and October 1950, an estimated 700 civilian and US military POWs had been captured by the North Koreans. By August 1953 only 262 were still alive; one of the survivors was [[Private First Class]] Wayne A. "Johnnie" Johnson, who secretly documented the deaths of 496 US military and Korean/European civilian POWs. Johnson would later be awarded the [[Silver Star]] medal for valor in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpaa.mil/OurMissing/KoreanWar/JohnnieJohnsonList.aspx|title=Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency|work=dpaa.mil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreanwarpowmia.net/Reports/Tiger.htm|title=Korean War POW/MIA Network|work=koreanwarpowmia.net|access-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131201731/http://www.koreanwarpowmia.net/Reports/Tiger.htm|archive-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In August 1953, General [[James Van Fleet]], who had led US and UN forces in Korea, estimated that "a large percentage" of those service members listed as missing in action were alive.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qnQKAAAAIBAJ&pg=5414,2382403 |title=U.S. Demands All POWs Be Turned Over|page=1|date=August 8, 1953|work=Ellensburg Daily Record}}</ref> (Coincidentally, General Van Fleet's own son Captain [https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance_search_6_2013.html?key=30835 James Alward Van Fleet Jr] was MIA from a United States Air Force mission over North Korea April 4, 1952.)

The total number of Korean War MIAS/remains not recovered was 8,154.<ref>[https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaFamWebKorean DPAA Famweb]. accessed August 2, 2018</ref> In 1954 during [[Operation Glory]], the remains of 4,023 UN personnel were received from North Korea, of which 1,868 were Americans; of the recovered US remains, 848 could not be identified.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Keene |first=Judith |title=Below Ground: The Treatment of American Remains from the Korean War |journal=[[The Public Historian]] |date=February 2010 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=58–78 |doi=10.1525/tph.2010.32.1.59 |jstor=10.1525/tph.2010.32.1.59 |publisher=[[National Council on Public History]]|pmid=20503915 |issn=0272-3433}}</ref><ref>Another report is that during Operation Glory 4,219 remains were returned of which 2,944 were identified as American; 867 remains [416 from North Korea and 451 from DMZ/South Korea] were unidentified; in 2003 one set of remains were identified and 3 others were exhumed for possible identification; 862 were unknown see [http://www.koreacoldwar.org/history/remainsim.html "Remains Issue" by Irene L. Mandra]</ref>

Between 1982 and 2016, 781 unknown remains were recovered from North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, and [[Punchbowl Cemetery]] in Hawaii,<ref name="dpaa.mil"/> of which a total of 459 have been identified {{as of|2018|June|lc=y}}<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-veterans-remember-dead-coffins-035815633.html Time June 2018]</ref> 950 sets of remains were uncovered in South Korea; of 20 sets of remains 11 were identified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncnk.org/resources/briefing-papers/all-briefing-papers/korean-war-powmias|title=Korean War POW/MIA Accounting Efforts &#124; NCNK|website=www.ncnk.org}}</ref>

The U.S. [[Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command]] (now the [[Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency]]) and the equivalent South Korean command are actively involved in trying to locate and identify remains of both countries' personnel.<ref name="bbc-korean">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7679697.stm |title=War remains sought in Korea's DMZ |work=BBC News |date=2008-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023152956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7679697.stm |archive-date=October 23, 2008 }}</ref> Remains of missing combatants from the Korean War are periodically recovered and identified in both North and South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=8713 |title=defenselink.mil |publisher=defenselink.mil |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11550 |title=defenselink.mil |publisher=defenselink.mil |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref> It is thought that 13,000 South Korean and 2,000 U.S. combatants are buried in the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] alone and never found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7679697.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023152956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7679697.stm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2008|title=Asia-Pacific – War remains sought in Korea's DMZ|date=October 23, 2008|publisher=BBC News – World |access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> In the summer of 2018 President Moon Jae-in of South Korea expressed his hopes to recover the remains of Korean soldiers from the DMZ.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172w4k9jmzm38l|title=BBC World Service - World Update, South Korea's Hope to Retrieve Remains of Korean War Soldiers|website=BBC}}</ref> South Korea MIAs are believed to number 120,000.<ref name="stripes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/un-command-south-korea-honor-remains-of-2-soldiers-killed-in-korean-war-1.537461|title=UN Command, South Korea honor remains of 2 soldiers killed in Korean War|website=Stars and Stripes}}</ref><br> In 2018 the remains of 1 North Korean were repatriated to North Korea from the U.S.<br> On Sept 27, 2018, the remains of 64 South Korean soldier MIAs were repatriated to South Korea from the United States.<ref>[https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/Documents/Newsletters/YiR%20FINAL.pdf?ver=2018-12-10-114751-100 2018-12-10 DPAA.mil Year in review newsletter]</ref><br>On June 25, 2020, the remains of 147 South Korean soldier MIAs were repatriated to South Korea from the United States.<ref>[https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/In-The-News/Article/2232488/us-south-korea-repatriate-remains-of-147-korean-soldiers/ DPAA news remains of 147 South Korean soldier MIAs repatriated (Retrieved July 30,2020)]</ref><br>In July 2020 it is reported that 50,000 South Korean POWS were never repatriated from North Korea in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53511646|title=The children of Korean War prisoners who never came home|date=July 26, 2020|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

The 1991–1993 [[United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs]] investigated some outstanding issues and reports related to the fate of U.S. service personnel still missing from the Korean War.<ref name="report-exec"/> In 1996, the Defense Department stated that there was no clear evidence any of the U.S. prisoners were still alive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/17/world/us-knew-in-1953-north-koreans-held-american-pow-s.html|title=U.S. Knew in 1953 North Koreans Held American P.O.W.'s.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 17, 1996}}</ref>

{{as of|2005|df=US}}, at least 500 [[Korean POWs detained in North Korea|South Korean prisoners of war]] were believed to be still detained by the North Korean regime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/international/asia/23korea.html|title=Red Cross Officials to Discuss P.O.W.'s Still Alive in North Korea|author=James Brooke|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 23, 2005}}</ref> That same year the U.S. suspended talks with North Korea over the recovery of MIAs;<ref name="globalpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/120308/search-us-troops-mia-north-korea-resume-after-seven-year-b|title=Search for US troops MIA in North Korea to resume after seven-year break|author=Helene Hofman|work=GlobalPost|date=May 14, 2017 }}</ref> the George W. Bush administration had broken off relations between the US and North Korea-claiming it couldn't guarantee Americans safety.<ref name="stripes.com"/>

In 2007 New Mexico Governor [[Bill Richardson]] traveled to Pyongong and returned with six sets of remains.<ref name="stripes.com"/>

In 2010, it was reported that the Obama administration was reversing the Bush administration's suspended talks in regard to North Korea MIAs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.navytimes.com/article/20100717/NEWS/7170303/Lost-Korean-War-battalion-awaits-MIA-decision|title=Lost Korean War battalion awaits MIA decision|work=Navy Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150115035640/http://archive.navytimes.com/article/20100717/NEWS/7170303/Lost-Korean-War-battalion-awaits-MIA-decision |archive-date=January 15, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2011, the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] (VFW) adopted Resolution # 423 calling for renewed discussions with North Korea to recover Americans missing in action.<ref name="VFW Feb 3, 2012">{{cite web |url=http://myvfw.org/newhampshire/tag/agent-orange/ |title=Agent Orange – VFW New Hampshire |work=myvfw.org |access-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025094301/http://myvfw.org/newhampshire/tag/agent-orange/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref><br /> On July 27, 2011, Congressman [[Charles Rangel]] introduced a congressional resolution calling on North Korea to repatriate POW/MIAS and abductees from North Korea.<ref>[https://rangel.house.gov/news/press-releases/rangel-introduces-resolution-repatriate-powmias-and-abductees-north-korea Rangel Press Release July 27,2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104210051/https://rangel.house.gov/news/press-releases/rangel-introduces-resolution-repatriate-powmias-and-abductees-north-korea |date=November 4, 2016 }}</ref>

In January 2012, it was announced that members of JPAC would go to North Korea in the spring to search for an estimated 5,000 MIAs in the [[Battle of Unsan|Unsan]] & the [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir|Chosin Reservoir]] areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=66958|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001102549/http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=66958|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2015|title=Article View|work=defense.gov}}</ref>

In February 2012, talks were going ahead between the US and North Korea to resume discussions to recover US MIAs after seven years.<ref name="VFW Feb 3, 2012"/> <br>On March 8, 2012, the US announced it would search for MIAs in North Korea,<ref name="globalpost.com"/> however on March 21, 2012, US President Obama's administration suspended talks with North Korea over the recovery of US servicemen killed and missing in North Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/14/1083380/-So-Romney-as-CiC-Would-Abandon-the-Korean-War-MIA-s|title=So Romney as CiC Would Abandon the Korean War MIA's|work=Daily Kos}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.discovery.com/history/videos/remains-of-us-soldiers-still-in-north-korea-video-141020.htm|title=Explainer: Remains of U.S. Soldiers Still in North Korea : Discovery News|work=DNews|access-date=November 16, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104190048/http://news.discovery.com/history/videos/remains-of-us-soldiers-still-in-north-korea-video-141020.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, Korea War/Cold War Families Inc started an online petition to Obama to resolve Cold/Korean War mysteries.<ref>[http://www.koreacoldwar.org/pdf/2013/FEB2013-Issue-39VERSION.pdf Korea-Cold War Families Newsletters February 2013 pp.2-3]</ref>

In October 2014, North Korea announced it was going to move the remains of about 5,000 U.S. combatants en masse in an apparent attempt to force the U.S. to restart MIA recovery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/korean-war-bodies-north-korea-1720694-Oct2014/ |title=North Korea wants America to take home the bodies of 5,000 soldiers|author=Paul Hosford|work=TheJournal.ie|date=October 13, 2014 }}</ref> North Korea also gave a warning that "... North Korea blamed the United States 'hostile policy' for causing the remains recovery missions to end. The statement warned that "remains of American soldiers would soon be lost", as they were being "carried away en masse due to construction projects of hydro-power stations, land rezoning and other gigantic natureremaking projects, flood damage, etc..."<ref>Statement published by the Korean Central News Agency October 13, 2014 "Obama Administration Assailed for Preventing Work to Unearth Remains of GIs,"  Quoted on [http://www.ncnk.org/resources/briefing-papers/all-briefing-papers/korean-war-pow-mias The National Committee on North Korea website]</ref>
[[File:Trump-Kim Summit June 2018 results v1.jpg|thumb|After the 2018 Trump-Kim summit, [[North Korea]] searched for and returned the remains of U.S. [[Prisoner of war|POW]]s and MIAs from the [[Korean War]]. ]]
[[File:Trump-Kim Summit June 2018 v8.jpg|thumb| The remains of US soldiers in [[DPRK]] start the journey to the U.S. after 65 years.]]
[[File:Trump-Kim Summit June 2018 v6.jpg|thumb| The US war remains were delivered from [[Wonsan]], [[North Korea]] by U.S. military transport plane [[C-17 Globemaster]] to the [[Osan Air Base]] near [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].]]
As of December 2015, the DPAA "does not currently conduct" operations in North Korea.<ref>[http://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/FAQs.aspx DPAA Frequently Asked Questions: Does DPAA conduct recovery Operations in North Korea?] Retrieved December 17, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ap-exclusive-us-remains-in-north-korea-lost-in-political-limbo|title=AP EXCLUSIVE: US remains in North Korea lost in political limbo |website=[[Fox News]] |date=March 25, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

On June 24, 2016, Congressmen Rangel, [[John Conyers]], [[Sam Johnson]] introduced House Resolution No. 799<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/799?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22North+Korea%22%5D%7D&r=13|title=House Resolution#799|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> calling on the U.S. Government to resume talks in regard to the US MIAs.<ref>[https://rangel.house.gov/news/press-releases/rangel-conyers-johnson-introduce-resolution-recover-powmia-remains-north-korea Rangel News release June 24, 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032411/https://rangel.house.gov/news/press-releases/rangel-conyers-johnson-introduce-resolution-recover-powmia-remains-north-korea |date=November 5, 2016 }}</ref> On September 27, 2016, House Resolution No. 799 was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/799/committees?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22North+Korea%22%5D%7D&r=13|title=House Resolution #799|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> It was not enacted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hres799 |title=Calling on the United States Government to resume talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea regarding the research, investigation, recovery, and identification of missing and unaccounted members of the United States Armed Forces from the Korean War. (2016 – H.Res. 799) |website=GovTrack.us |access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

In the wake of the June 2018 meeting between U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim, the U.S. received 55 boxes of MIA remains on July 27, 2018—the 65th anniversary of the Korean War truce.<ref>[http://www.dailyjournal.net/2019/02/20/us-united-states-north-korea-war-remains/ The daily Journal Feb 20, 2019 accessed March 1, 2019]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As of September 28, 2021, 77 Korean War MIAs have been identified from these 55 boxes.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/569610/progress-on-korean-war-personnel-accounting/|title=Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency > Resources > Fact Sheets > Article View|website=www.dpaa.mil}}</ref> As of April 1, 2022 82 remains have been identified from 55 boxes; the total of remains recovered from 1996 to 2005 are 612 of whom 16 are yet unknown.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>

On September 22, 2021, the first US-South Korean Joint repatriation service was held: U.S. received the remains of 1 of 6 U.S. soldiers to be repatriated; South Korea received remains of two of 68 ROK Soldiers to be repatriated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/2786804/first-ever-united-states-and-the-republic-of-korea-joint-repatriation-ceremony/|title=First-Ever United States and the Republic of Korea Joint Repatriation Ceremony}}</ref>

On February 22, 2023, the second US-South Korean Joint repatriation service was held: U.S. received from South Korea the remains of 1 U.S. Soldier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/3304699/south-korea-transfers-remains-to-us-for-identification/|title=dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/3304699/south-korea-transfers-remains-to-us-for-identification February 22,2023}}</ref>

On June 25, 2023, the third US-South Korean Joint repatriation service was held: South Korea received the remains of 7 ROK soldiers of whom 1 was identified; previous repatriation ceremonies in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021 have returned over 200 ROK remains to South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/3473719/dpaa-and-rok-host-repatriation-ceremony/|title=DPAA and ROK Host Repatriation Ceremony}}</ref>

As of September 9, 2024 the US Department of Defense has accounted for 700th Missing in Action soldier from the Korean war-Cpl Billie Charles Driver of the 8th US Cavalry Regiment. <ref>[https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/DPAA-In-The-News/Article/3906535/ dpaa.mil/News-Stories/DPAA-In-The-News/Article/3906535/ released 16 September 2024 accessed 1 October 2024]</ref>

On MArch 26, 2025 the US Department of Defense has accounted for 100th Service Member Identified From estimated 250 Remains Turned Over by North Korea seven years before:1st Lt. William H. Hott<ref>[https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/DPAA-In-The-DOD-News/Article/4155570/hegseth-announces-100th-service-member-identified-from-remains-turned-over-by-n/ released MArch 26.2025 accessed May 17,2025]</ref>

As of May 10, 2025, according to the US Department of Defense the total MIAs were 8157 of which accounted for number 735 and total MIA unaccounted for number 7422<ref>[https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebKorean Dpamil Korean WAR MIAS accessed February 15,2025]</ref>