WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Lonnie Fields, 19, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for July 9, 2025.
In September 1950, Fields was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 21, in the vicinity of the Naktong River in the near Yongsan, South Korea. Due to intense fighting in the area, his body could not be recovered at that time. He was never reported as a prisoner of war and after subsequent searches of the battlefield failed to recover his remains, the U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death as of Dec. 31, 1953.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Fields's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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