(Springfield’s News Talk 104.1) – The remains of a Korean War veteran have been identified as a man from Lebanon.
U.S. Army Cpl. Charles R. Patten served in Headquarters Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, at the start of the Korean War and was stationed near Taejon, South Korea.
Patten was reported missing in action on July 20, 1950.
Due to the fighting, CPL Hill’s body could not be recovered, and in 1953 he was issued a presumptive finding of death by the Department of the Army.
After regaining control of Taejon in the fall of 1950, the Army began recovering remains from the area and temporarily interring them at the United Nations Military Cemetery in Taejon.
Remains that could not be identified were sent to Hawaii, where they were buried as Unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl.
In late February 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sent the remains to the DPAA’s laboratory for analysis.
The laboratory was able to identify the remains as those of CPL Patten.
Patten’s remains will be buried in Lawson, Missouri.
A date has not been scheduled at this time.
