Press Release | Sept. 16, 2024

Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Driver, B.)

Washington  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Corporal Billie C. Driver, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for September 9, 2024.

In Sept. 1950, Driver was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was killed in action when his unit engaged in combat actions with the North Korean People’s Army in the vicinity of Kumbwa-dong, Republic of Korea, on Sept. 5, 1950. Due to intense fighting in the area, his body could not be recovered at that time. The exact circumstances of his death were unknown.