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On February 22, 2022 the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal William Martin Zoellick, missing since the Korean War. Corporal Zoellick was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division and was captured on November 30, 1950 after his unit encountered a roadblock near Kunu-ri, North Korea.
A report provided to the United Nations stated that CPL Zoellick died at POW Camp 1 at Ch'angsong, North Korea on February 27, 1951, but his remains were not among those returned to U.S. custody after the war.
In 2018, the DPAA began its phased disinterment and reexamination of 652 Korean War remains that were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii and discovered remains associated with Cpl Zoellick among those that had been recovered from the POW Camp 5 in Pyoktong, North Korea.
Laboratory analysis and circumstantial evidence allowed DPAA scientists to positively identify the remains as those of CPL Zoellick, who is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
WHEN: October 31, 2022 - 11:30 AM
WHERE: American Airlines Cargo, 612 S Access Rd, Franklin Park, Illinois 60131
DEPARTURE: After arrival of remains and dignified transfer (expected arrival 12:30PM)
Escort to Belvedere, IL follows transfer.
Flags will be provided. If you have large bike flags, please bring them.
Ride Captain: bigDave 312 405-2692
Bill Hermann 815 275-1016
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