Army Pfc. Charles C. Follese, killed in the Korean War, has now been accounted for.
On Nov. 29, 1950, Follese was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. Members of the unit went on a reconnaissance patrol and were ambushed by enemy forces. The following day, another patrol, including Follese, were assigned to recover the casualties. This patrol also encountered an enemy ambush near Hajoyang-ni, North Korea. Following the battle, Follese could not be accounted for and he was declared killed in action.
Between 1990 and 1994, North Korea returned 208 boxes of commingled human remains to the United States, which we determined to contain the remains of at least 400 U.S. servicemen who fought during the war. North Korean documents included in the repatriation indicate that some of the remains were recovered from the vicinity where Follese was believed to have died.
Laboratory analysis and circumstantial evidence were used in the identification of his remains.
Interment services are pending.