WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that Army Cpl. Albert J. Estrada, 17, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for April 16, 2025.
In late 1950, Estrada was a member of Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Dec. 6, 1950, in the vicinity of Hagaru-ri near the Jangjin (Chosin) Reservoir, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The U.S. Army did not receive any information to indicate that he was ever held as a Prisoner of War and on Dec. 31, 1953, issued a presumptive finding of death. He was declared non-recoverable on Jan. 16, 1956.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Estrada's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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