Army MSgt. Elwood Green; E Co. 2nd Bn. 5th Cavalry Regt. Korea

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the
remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and
will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.


Army Master Sgt. Elwood Green, 33, or Norman, Ark., will be buried May 12, in Black
Springs, Ark. In late November 1950, Green and the E Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, were fighting Chinese forces near Samso-ri, North Korea. After
a full day of fighting, they withdrew to an area south of Sunchon. The 5th Cavalry suffered
extensive losses, and numerous Americans were taken captive during that time. On Nov. 28,
1950, Green was listed as missing in action.

In 1953, returned U.S. soldiers reported that Green had been captured and died in early
1951 from malnutrition, while in a Chinese POW Camp in North Korea. His remains were not
among those returned during Operation Glory in 1954.

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