Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
March 5
Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun leads Mass using the hood of his jeep in place of an altar on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before he was captured. (Col. Raymond A. Skeehan via The Wichita Eagle courtesy DPAA via AP)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun, a Medal of Honor recipient who died as a prisoner of war in Korea.
Kapaun was identified on Mar. 2, the DPAA announced Friday. His remains were among the 867 buried as “Unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii, according to a DPAA news release.