missing in action from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.He is Cpl. Blazejewski, U.S. Army, of Elizabeth, N.J. He came under heavy artillery attack by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea, on Nov. 1, 1950. During the attack, Cpl. Blazejewski and other soldiers killed in action were left behind when their unit moved to a previous defensive position. A U.S. soldier who had been held as a prisoner of war by the North Koreans told debriefers that Blazejewski and others had been killed by a grenade explosion. In August 1997, a joint U.S.-North Korean team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) excavated a site in Pyongan Province believed to contain the remains of several U.S. soldiers. Remains representing four men were recovered, as well as an identification tag and a denture, neither of which were associated with Blazejewski. The other three soldiers were identified and buried in 2000. Group remains representing all four soldiers were buried at Arlington. Among other forensic identification tools, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Blazejewski's remains, matching a DNA sequence from a maternal relative.
Medical Company,
8th Cavalry Regiment,
Medical Company,
8th Cavalry Regiment,
missing in action from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.He is Cpl. Blazejewski, U.S. Army, of Elizabeth, N.J. He came under heavy artillery attack by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea, on Nov. 1, 1950. During the attack, Cpl. Blazejewski and other soldiers killed in action were left behind when their unit moved to a previous defensive position. A U.S. soldier who had been held as a prisoner of war by the North Koreans told debriefers that Blazejewski and others had been killed by a grenade explosion. In August 1997, a joint U.S.-North Korean team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) excavated a site in Pyongan Province believed to contain the remains of several U.S. soldiers. Remains representing four men were recovered, as well as an identification tag and a denture, neither of which were associated with Blazejewski. The other three soldiers were identified and buried in 2000. Group remains representing all four soldiers were buried at Arlington. Among other forensic identification tools, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Blazejewski's remains, matching a DNA sequence from a maternal relative.
Medical Company,
8th Cavalry Regiment,
Medical Company,
8th Cavalry Regiment,
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