MARION — Another Ohio Solider has been identified from remains of the Korean War.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says the remains of Army Pfc. Karl L. Dye of Marion were accounted for Dec. 3, 2018.
According to the agency 17-year-old Dye was a member of Battery B, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was stationed in the area near Taejon, South Korea in 1950.
He was reported missing July 16, 1950, after an ambulance he was in reportedly encountered an enemy roadblock according to the agency.
The testing identified Dye in 2017 from reminds that were originally marked as unidentifiable
when transferred to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii in the 1950s.
Dye will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. No date has been set.
