Korean War MIA/POW Servicemen: NJ - Accounted-For – This report
includes the US personnel from NJ who have been accounted for
(including POW returnees and POW escapees) and all personnel
whose remains have been recovered and identified since the end
of the war. - Unaccounted-For – This report includes the US
personnel from NJ who are still unaccounted for. The Korean War
accounting effort remains a priority for the U.S. government.
DPMO pursues opportunities to gain access to loss sites within
North Korea and South Korea. Additionally, identifications
continue to be made from remains that were returned to the
United States using forensic and DNA technology. More than 7,500
Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. During
Operation Glory in 1954, North Korea returned the remains of
more than 3,000 Americans. Concurrently, U.S. Graves
Registration teams recovered remains from South Korean
battlefields. The United States identified thousands of these
remains. In 1956, a total of 848 that could not be