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Press Release | April 8, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Nordyke, E.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Elwyn Dean Nordyke, 22, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for March 10, 2025. 

Late November 1950, Sgt. Nordyke was assigned to Medical Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 28 in the vicinity of the Jangjin (Chosin) Reservoir, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, when his convoy was ambushed by opposing forces. It was later determined that Sgt. Nordyke was held at Camp 1 in Changsong, North Korea, where he died in captivity in the summer of 1951.

This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Nordyke'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/dodpaahttps://www.linkedin.com/company/dodpaahttps://www.instagram.com/dodpaa/, or https://x.com/dodpaa.