The remains of an 18-year-old Army corporal from Detroit who was killed in the Korean War in 1950 have been identified.
DETROIT — The remains of an 18-year-old Army corporal from Detroit who was killed in the Korean War in 1950 have been identified, officials said Thursday.
Hill went missing in action after his unit was forced to retreat from around Taejon, South Korea, on July 20, 1950, and his body could not be recovered, the agency said. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death more than three years later, on Dec. 31, 1953, the agency said. On July 15, 2019, the agency disinterred the remains and sent them to its laboratory for analysis, where they were accounted for as Hill’s, it said.A telephone message seeking information on possible family members of Hill was left with the Army Casualty Office.
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