U.S. Military Cpl. Carmen Carrillo, of Lompoc, was 20 years previous when he was reported lacking in motion in the course of the Korean Struggle. Now, greater than 70 years later, his stays have been recognized, based on the Protection POW/MIA Accounting Company.
Carrillo was critically wounded in battle in South Korea in February 1951. He returned to responsibility two months later, in April, based on info listed by the American Battle Monuments Fee.
One month after his return, Carrillo was reported lacking in motion. His unit had been combating in Hongcheon, South Korea, within the central sector of a U.N. line of defense often known as the “No Identify Line.”
The precise circumstances of his loss of life are nonetheless unknown. Carrillo served in Headquarters Firm, 1st Battalion, thirty eighth Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
Military Cpl. Carmen Carrillo.
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In December of 1953, the Military added Carrillo to its record of troopers who have been presumed useless.
Then in 2013, greater than six a long time after he went lacking, Carrillo’s stays, together with these of a number of others, have been recovered in South Korea and returned to the U.S. In 2021, the stays have been disinterred for testing, and in February of this 12 months, laboratory evaluation “and the totality of the circumstantial proof obtainable” established one set of stays as Carrillo’s, based on the company.
Carrillo shall be buried in Lompoc, although a date for the burial has not but been decided, the company stated.
His identify is listed on the Courts of the Lacking on the Nationwide Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Now that his stays have been recognized, a rosette shall be positioned subsequent to his identify, signifying that he has been accounted for, the company stated.
Since 1982, the stays of greater than 450 U.S. residents killed within the Korean Struggle have been recognized and returned to their households for burial. Greater than 7,600 stay unaccounted for, based on the company.
