WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Harold B. Dulyea, 23, Twin Lake, Michigan, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for May 30, 2025.
Dulyea's family recently received their full briefing on his identification, therefore, additional details on his identification can be shared.
In July 1950, Dulyea was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 25 after the Battle of Yongdong in the vicinity of Yongdong, Republic of Korea (South Korea). Based on testimonies from returning prisoners of war, it was determined that Dulyea was a prisoner of war but was not among the POWs repatriated after the armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. The Army determined that he had died in captivity and on Feb. 25, 1954, issued a presumptive finding of death.
In 1954, the United Nations Command, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army exchanged the remains of fallen service personnel in an effort called Operation GLORY. Dulyea’s remains could not be identified by the Central Identification Unit Laboratory at Kokura, Japan at the time, and were designated Unknown X-17042. In 1956, all of the unidentified Korean War remains, including X-17042, were transported and buried as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
On Jan. 24, 2013, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, a DPAA predecessor, disinterred X-17042 from the Punchbowl and accessioned the remains into the DPAA Laboratory.
To identify Dulyea’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental, anthropological, and isotope analysis as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis and mitochondrial genome sequencing data.
Dulyea’s name is recorded on the American Battle Monument Commission’s Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Dulyea will be buried in Augusta, Michigan on a date yet to be determined.
For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.
To see the most up-to-date statistics on DPAA recovery efforts for those unaccounted for from the Korean War, go to the Korean War fact sheet on the DPAA website at: https://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article-View/Article/569610/progress-on-korean-war-personnel-accounting/.
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.
Dulyea’s personnel profile can be viewed at: https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000cdLMEAY.
Read Dulyea's initial ID announcement here: Dulyea.