Hagie, George Clarence
Army Corporal

George Clarence Hagie, age 18, from Sullivan County Kingsport, Tennessee .

Parents: Eula E. Hagie

Service era: Korea

Date of death: November 28, 1950

On June 12, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of U.S. Army Cpl. George C. Hagie, missing from the Korean War.

Hagie entered the Army from Tennessee and served in K Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On Nov. 28, 1950, during his unit’s fighting withdrawal from the east side of the Chosin Reservoir near the P’ungnyuri Inlet in North Korea, Hagie was killed in action. U.S. forces were unable to recover his remains due to the ongoing battle and subsequent enemy control of the area. In August 1954, following the armistice, North Korea, in coordination with the United Nations Command and Chinese forces, returned remains of U.S. and allied service members as part of Operation Glory, a formal program to exchange war dead. Among the remains returned was a set reportedly recovered from the east side of the Chosin Reservoir. Unable to associate the remains with any individual, they were interred as a Korean War Unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. In March 2021, as part of DPAA’s Korean War Disinterment Project, this set of remains was disinterred and accessioned into the DPAA Laboratory for analysis. Using modern forensic techniques, scientists then identified Hagie.

Source: National Archives, Knoxville News Sentinel (1951)