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Press Release | Dec. 19, 2024

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Grace, L.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Master Sgt. Luther Grace, 34, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Dec. 18, 2024.

In July 1950, Grace was a member of Heavy Mortar Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 30 while in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea after the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. There was no evidence that he was held as a prisoner of war. A finding of death was issued for Grace in December 1956.

This is an initial ID Announcement. The complete accounting of Grace’s case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving their country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil or on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa, https://www.linkedin.com/company/dodpaa,
https://www.instagram.com/dodpaa/, or https://x.com/dodpaa.