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During the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950, PFC Kenneth Bridger went missing and he's been on the MIA list ever since. His remains have been identified among those returned by No. Korea a few years ago. He was from Colville, WA but has no living family left there. He has some family now living in Twin Falls, ID so his remains have been sent there. Tomorrow there will be a parade in his honor and he will be interred at the Twin Falls Memorial Cemetery.



His arrival at the Twin Falls airport





Press Release | Feb. 17, 2022
Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Bridger, K.)

WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pfc. Kenneth L. Bridger, 17, of Colville, Washington, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Jan. 26, 2022.

In late 1950, Bridger was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 30, 1950, on the last night of his unit’s stand at the defensive perimeter south of the Pungnyuri Inlet on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. Following the battle, his remains could not be recovered.

On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.

To identify Bridger’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y chromosome DNA (Y-STR), and autosomal DNA (auSTR) analysis.

Bridger’s name is recorded on the American Battle Monuments Commission’s Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who are still missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

Bridger will be buried in Twin Falls, Idaho, on May 21, 2022.

For family and funeral information, contact the Army Casualty Office at (800) 892-2490.

To see the most up-to-date statistics on DPAA recovery efforts for those unaccounted for from the Korean War, go to the Korean War fact sheet on the DPAA website at: https://www.dpaa.mil/Resources/Fact...ress-on-korean-war-personnel-accounting/

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.

Bridger’s personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001VAEEA2.

Great story. At least some families get some closure.

It’s things like that that set Trump apart.

All you commie loving Dems here can Fuqk off and die.

Welcome home, soldier. Thank you.

Rest in Peace!

Long time comin’. RIP trooper.

Thank for your service. RIP!

...... I couldn't have said it better myself

Rest in Peace, Soldier! A welcome change of pace story to take my mind off of our POTUS spewing his hate for half the country in his speech in Buffalo!

Rest in peace soldier.

Welcome home. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Hopefully, other families can receive the same closure, a pause for thought.

17 years old. Just a kid. Rest in peace, soldier.

Welcome back home soldier.... May you rest in peace.

RIP Soldier

Home town hero. Welcome back from your neighbors here in Wa.

You still have 3 hrs until the parade starts. Get on your Harley and get down here.

PFC Kenneth Bridger, welcome home. RIP.

A hero comes home.
RIP.

Home at last.RIP

Such a story should fill every PATRIOTIC American's heart with pride. And only 17 years old.
R.I.P., brave young man.