Krebs, John Gerald
Army Private 1st Class

John Gerald Krebs from Illinois, Whiteside county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Tuesday, July 11, 1950
Death details: On December 17, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified Corporal John Gerald Krebs, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Krebs, who joined the U.S. Army from Illinois, was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was killed in action against North Korean forces near Chochiwon, South Korea, on July 11, 1950. His remains were not recovered at the time of his loss, and he was not identified among those recovered and returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. In February 1951, American Graves Registration Service personnel recovered five sets of remains from a village northwest of Chonui, South Korea. Two sets of remains were identified as members of the 21st Infantry Regiment; however, the other three could not be identified and were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2017, advances in forensic techniques prompted the reexamination of one set of these unknown remains. These remains were successfully identified as those of CPL Krebs. Corporal Krebs is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency