WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Arthur P. Carlsen, 19, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 26, 2025.
In late1950, Carlsen was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 2, during a major battle in the vicinity of Unsan, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The Army received no information to indicate that he was ever held as a Prisoner of War. Lacking evidence and eyewitness reports of his survival, the Army issued a presumptive finding of death for Carlsen on Dec. 31, 1953.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Carlsen's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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