The remains of a 27-year-old man killed during the Korean War have been accounted for 72 years after he was reported missing, the U.S. government announced this week.
Now that Hanks' remains have been accounted for, a rosette will be placed beside his name at the American Battle Monuments Commission's Courts of the Missing. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Since 1982, the remains of over 450 Americans killed in the Korean War have been identified by the DPAA. Bodies identified by the agency are returned to families with full military honors. over 7,600 Americans who were killed in the war are still unaccounted for."Hundreds" of those remains are classified as"non-recoverable."
The Korean War is considered the deadliest conflict of the Cold War era, according to the DPAA, with the United States suffering approximately 36,500 casualties. That number is more than 90% of non-Korean U.N. losses.
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