Army PFC Herene Blevins, 31st RCT Korea

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

Army Pfc. Herene K. Blevins, 18, of Hagerstown, Md., will be buried Aug. 27, in his
hometown. In late November 1950 Blevins and elements of the 31st Regimental Combat Team
(RCT) were deployed along the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when they came
under attack by Communist forces. The 31st RCT began a fighting withdrawal to a more
defensible position near Hagaru-ri, south of the reservoir. Following the battle, Blevins was
reported missing on Dec. 2, 1950.

In 1953, returning U.S. prisoners of war told debriefers that Blevins had been captured by
enemy forces and taken to a prisoner of war camp known as “Death Valley.” Soldiers also stated
that Blevins died from malnutrition shortly after being captured. His remains were not among
those returned by communist forces in 1954.

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/news_releases/2013/release_blevins.pdf

 

Welcome home, Pfc. Blevins. Be at peace. :S!