Joseph Gregori, age 19, from Pittston, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county.
Parents: Lena Gregori
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On July 25, 2006, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Joseph Gregori, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Gregori entered the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and served with Battery C, 99th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, he was with units of the 1st Cavalry Division at a roadblock, withdrawing toward Ipsok, North Korea, when attacked by Chinese Communist Forces. He did not survive this action, though no specific details surrounding his loss are known, and his body was not located or recovered at the time. In 2000, a joint U.S./North Korean team interviewed a farmer living near Unsan, who told the team that while doing land reclamation work he uncovered human remains; the team excavated the burial site and uncovered additional human remains along with military artifacts, and U.S. analysts were able to identify CPL Gregori from these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Pittston Sunday Dispatch (1950)
