Remains of US soldier Tommie Hanks identified after 72 years
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10:40 12 Nov, 2022
He was killed and declared missing during the Korean War
Army Cpl Tommie T Hanks, then 27, was killed after his unit attempted to withdraw from a location near Anju in North Korea in 1950, Qazet.az reports.
His body was declared "non-recoverable" six years later.
Nearly 7,600 of those killed in the war are still unaccounted for, according to the US defence department.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) said Cpl Hanks was reported missing in action on 26 November while his unit was attempting to withdraw from east of the Ch'ongch'on River near Anju.