Remains of Iowa native killed in Korean War accounted for and being returned to the state
Image of Army Cpl. Eldert J. Beek from the DPAA
(KWWL) Iowa native Eldert Beek, an Army Corporal who was killed during the Korean War, has been accounted for and will be laid to rest in Iowa.
Corporal Beek, from Sibley, Iowa, was 20-years-old when he was reportedly killed over 70 years ago in late 1950. His remains were accounted for April 14th, 2020, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis including circumstantial evidence. Scientists of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
May 11, 2021
Sibley, Iowa A Sibley soldier who died more than seventy years ago is finally returning home.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Army Cpl. Eldert J. Beek was 20-years-old when he was killed during the Korean War. The Sibley native’s remains were accounted for in April, 2020.
According to the DPAA, in late 1950, Beek was a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action on Dec. 1, 1950, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.