A Korean War veteran from New York, who was reported missing in action in 1950, will have a proper burial next week.
Army Cpl. Walter Smead of Hadley, New York, was 24 years old when he was reported missing on Dec. 6, 1950. His unit, Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He was killed during a battle against the Chinese in what was one of the coldest winters on record, according to the Times Union.
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He will be buried at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville next Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Smead’s remains were among 55 boxes purported to contain the remains of American service members given to then-President Donald Trump by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their July 2018 summit.
Scientists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency used anthropological analysis and circumstantial evidence to identify Smead, they said in a statement. The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome, and autosomal DNA analyses.
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Smead had been reported at the Court of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate that he has been accounted for.
