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Press Release | Oct. 15, 2024

Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Hardy, D.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. David E. Hardy, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2024.

In late 1950, Hardy was a member of Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircract Artillery – Automatic Weapons Battalion, Division Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950, after his unit attempted to withdraw from Kunu-ri, North Korea, on Nov. 30, following the Battle of Ch’ongch’on. In 1953, a POW from Hardy’s unit was returned during Operation Big Switch, where he reported Hardy had been a prisoner of war and died on Feb. 28, 1951, at Prisoner of War Camp #5.

This is an initial press release. The complete accounting of Hardy's case will be published once the family has received their full briefing.

To see the most up-to-date statistics on DPAA recovery efforts for those unaccounted for from the Korean War, go to the Korean War Accounting page on the DPAA website at: https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaFamWebKorean.

DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and the United States Army for their partnership in this mission.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.