Army Cpl. David L. Catlin; 31st RCT Korea

Another member of Task Force Faith is returned home.....

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the
remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and
will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Army Cpl. David L. Catlin, 19, of Lockney, Texas, will be buried May 19, in his
hometown. In late November 1950, Catlin and elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team,
known as “Task Force Faith,” were advancing along the eastern banks of the Chosin Reservoir, in
North Korea, when they came under attack. On Dec. 2, 1950, Catlin, along with many other
Americans, was listed as missing in action as a result of the heavy fighting.

In 1953, returning Americans who had been held as prisoners of war reported that Catlin
had been captured by the Chinese during a battle in December 1950. He died several months later
as a result of malnutrition while being held as a prisoner of war, near the northern end of the
Chosin Reservoir in North Korea; an area known as “Death Valley.”

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/2012/release_catlin.pdf

 

Welcome home, Cpl. Catlin, welcome home.

 

Welcome home, Cpl. Catlin. Be at peace. :S!