ress Release | April 17, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Manring, G.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Master Sgt. George C. Manring, 21, of Lake Wales, Florida, killed in action during the Korean War, was accounted for March 17, 2025.

In September 1950, Manring was assigned to B Battery, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 6, 1950, in the vicinity of Hagaru-ri, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K., or North Korea), during the Battle Chosin Reservoir. Absent evidence of Manring’s continued survival, the U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death of Dec. 31, 1953.

On July 27, 2018, following the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in June 2018, the North Korean government turned over 55 transfer cases, purported to contain the remains of U.S. service members killed during the Korean War. Those remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.

To identify Manring’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis and nuclear single nucleotide polymorphism.

Manring will be buried in Lake Wales, Florida, in May 2025.