Army Master Sgt. Ira V. Miss, killed in the Korean War, has now been accounted for.
On February 5, 1950, Miss was a member of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, supporting South Korea against units of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces (CPVF) in the area known as the Central Corridor in South Korea. The CPVF launched a counterattack with overwhelming numbers, forcing South Korean units to withdraw, and leaving U.S. Army units behind enemy lines. Miss was reported missing in action on February 13, 1951, after Chinese Communist Forces overran the roadblock he was manning.
In 1954, the remains of Korean War service members were returned to the United States in an operation called "Operation Glory." The remains unable to be identified were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
Due to advances in technology, the remains were exhumed in 2015 for analysis.
Lab analysis, in conjunction with the totality of circumstantial evidence available, established Master Sgt. Miss' remains were among those exhumed.
Interment services are pending.
Welcome home and rest in peace, Master Sgt. Miss.