Knight, Harold Kenneth
Army Private 1st Class

Harold Kenneth Knight, age 20, from Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On August 27, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Harold Kenneth Knight, missing from the Korean War. Private First Class Knight entered the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and served in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, which was part of the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT-31) during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. PFC Knight went missing on December 2, 1950, during RCT-31’s withdrawal down the east side of the reservoir toward the town of Haguru-ri. PFC Knight died at some time following his disappearance, but the details of his loss are unknown. In 2018, the North Korean government repatriated 55 boxes containing the remains of American service members lost during the Korean War. One box contained remains recovered from the east side of the Chosin Reservoir, which made an association with PFC Knight feasible. DPAA analysts were able to use laboratory analysis and circumstantial evidence to identify PFC Knight from among the repatriated remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency