Michigan corporal who died in Korean War accounted for
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Dale Wright
and last updated 2021-07-28 20:01:13-04
WASHINGTON â The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Army Cpl. Dale W. Wright, 19, from Flint, Michigan was accounted for April 23, 2020.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Dale Wright
According to DPAA Wright was member of Company C, 1
st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division and was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950.
The deceasedâs unit was attacked near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. Following the encounter Wrightâs body was unable to be recovered.
Scientists from the DPAA used anthropological analysis in tandem with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis with scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.