Conklin, George William
Army Private 1st Class

George William Conklin, age 18, from New York, Ontario county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, December 3, 1950
Death details: On October 30, 2013, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal George William Conklin, missing from the Korean War. Corporal George William Conklin entered the U.S. Army from New York and served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing on December 3, 1950, following the 31st RCT’s fighting withdrawal to Hagaru-ri during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, but the specific details of his loss are not known. In 2004, a joint U.S. and North Korean team recovered the remains of American service members killed in the Chosin Reservoir area, and analysts successfully identified Corporal Conklin from among these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency