Remains of Ohio soldier who died in Korean War identified
Updated: 2:01 PM EDT Aug 30, 2021
The remains of a soldier who died during the Korean War have been identified as a 19-year-old Ohio man, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday.The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of Army Cpl. Charles E. Hiltibran, 19, of Cable were accounted for on April 20, 2020. The agency says in late 1950, Hiltibran was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.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 then accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.To identify Hiltibran’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, DNA analysis as well as circumstantial evidence. Hiltibran’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 still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.He will be buried in Urbana, Ohio.
The remains of a soldier who died during the Korean War have been identified as a 19-year-old Ohio man, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of Army Cpl. Charles E. Hiltibran, 19, of Cable were accounted for on April 20, 2020.
The agency says in late 1950, Hiltibran was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.
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 then accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.
To identify Hiltibran’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, DNA analysis as well as circumstantial evidence.
Hiltibran’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 still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
He will be buried in Urbana, Ohio.
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