Newton, William Aaron
Army Private 1st class

William Aaron Newton, age 21, from Scott County Missouri.

Parents: William Newton

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Wednesday, February 7, 1951
Death details: On November 20, 2013, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal William Aaron Newton, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Newton joined the U.S. Army from Missouri and was a member of the Headquarters Service Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting Chinese Communist Forces near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950. CPL Newton was taken to Prisoner of War Camp 5 in Pyoktong, North Korea, where he died on February 7, 1951. His remains were returned to U.S. custody during Operation Glory in September 1954; however, they could not be individually identified at the time and were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2012, advances in forensic techniques prompted the reexamination and eventual identification of CPL Newton’s remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Saint Louis Globe Democrat (1951)