Another soldier brought home
An Alba soldier from the Korean War has been identified among remains returned to the United States from North Korea last year.
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Another soldier brought home
An Alba soldier from the Korean War has been identified among remains returned to the United States from North Korea last year.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Monday that Army 1st Lt. George S. Crisp, 24, of Alba, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 3, 2019.
In late 1950, Crisp was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in intense fighting with the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces at Sinhung-ri, near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He was reported to have last been seen near Hagaru-ri, but his remains could not be located. The U.S. Army declared Crisp deceased as of Dec. 12, 1950.
On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Crisp’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.
Today, 7,606 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by American recovery teams or disinterred from unknown graves. Crisp’s name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who are missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Crisp will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
The date has yet to be determined.
Earlier this year the remains of a Vietnam-era soldier were identified and returned to Texas, Major Roy Knight Jr., whose brother, Bill, resides in Mineola.
