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Press Release | Sept. 3, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Burmingham, D.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Donald J. Burmingham, 22, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for July 17, 2025.

In September 1950, Burmingham was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported missing in action on Sept. 6, in the vicinity of Waegwan, South Korea, near the Naktong River. Lacking evidence and eyewitness reports of his survival, the Army issued a presumptive finding of death for Burmingham on Dec. 31, 1953.

This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Burmingham's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.

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