Delauter, Roy C.
Army Corporal

Roy C. Delauter from Maryland, Washington county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On January 18, 2022, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Roy Charles Delauter, missing from the Korean War. Sergeant Delauter entered the U.S. Army from Maryland and was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On November 27, 1950, his unit was positioned on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces launched a large-scale surprise attack against U.S. forces at the reservoir. On December 1, the huge numerical superiority of the CCF forced the 32nd Infantry to withdraw southward to friendly lines at Hagaru-ri to the south. Constant enemy fire and roadblocks made the withdrawal route extremely treacherous. SGT Delauter was reported missing in action on December 2, 1950, following the withdrawal to Hagaru-ri. In 2018, the DPRK returned fifty-five boxes of remains purported to be those of U.S. servicemembers killed during the war to the United States. One of these boxes reportedly contained remains from Sinhung-ri, on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir where SGT Delauter was lost. Laboratory analysis led to the identification of one set of these remains as those of SGT Delauter.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency