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News | Aug. 3, 2016

Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Wells)

Army Cpl. Curtis J. Wells, missing from the Korean War, has now been accounted for.

In late November 1950, while Wells was assigned to Company C, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, his company joined with Task Force (TF) Wilson to fight the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces (CPVF) in the vicinity of Unsan, North Korea. The TF was overwhelmed by a large force of CPVF soldiers, and by Nov. 27, 1950, they began to extricate themselves south and Company C returned to the control of the battalion. As the battalion attempted to account for its casualties, Wells was reported missing in action.

In October 1998, during a Joint Recovery Operation, a U.S./North Korean recovery team excavated a site in Kujang County, North P’yongan-Pukto Province, North Korea, based on information provided by witnesses concerning buried American soldiers. This site correlated with the area of the battle between TF Wilson and the CPVF.

Lab analysis, in conjunction with the totality of circumstantial evidence available, established Wells’ remains were included.

Interment services are set for Sept. 10 in Harbor Beach, Michigan.

Welcome home and rest in peace, Cpl. Wells.

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