Danville soldier missing in Korean War identified

WSLS News Staff
Published: April 4, 2008

The Department of Defense says it has identified the remains of a Danville soldier and a Norfolk Soldier who’ve been missing since the Korean War.

Army representatives recently met with the family of Private First Class Elwood D. Reynolds, to tell them Pfc Elwood’s remains have been identified.  PFC Reynolds will be buried in Danville later this month.

Also identified, the remains of Captain Edward B. Scullion from Norfolk.

According to a news release:

Both men were members of A Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, then attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. The team was engaged against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, from Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 1950. Both soldiers died in late November as result of intense enemy fire, but their bodies were not recovered at the time.

The news release adds:

Between 2002 and 2005, joint U.S. and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted excavations of three burial sites near the Chosin Reservoir. The sites correlate closely with defensive positions held by the 31st RCT at the time of the Chinese attacks. The teams recovered remains there believed to be those of several other U.S. servicemen. Analysis of the remains recovered from the sites led to the identification of 10 individuals, including Scullion and Reynolds.