Earl Henry Markle, age 19, from Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, York county.
Parents: Edna E. Markle
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On May 17, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced it has identified the remains of Corporal Earl Henry Markle, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Markle joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania and was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, Company M was serving as a security unit with the 3rd Battalion near Unsan, north of Pyongyang, North Korea, when it was attacked by the enemy and forced to withdraw from the area. CPL Markle went missing during the withdrawal, but the specific details surrounding his loss were not known at the time. He was not identified among remains recovered at the time or following the close of hostilities. In June 2018, the North Korean government repatriated to the U.S. government boxes of human remains, which included the remains of soldiers lost in the fighting at Unsan. DPAA analysts used modern forensic techniques to identify CPL Markle from among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Hanover Evening Sun (1954)
