Press Release | March 25, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Grissom, D.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Delmer R. Grissom, 19, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for March 20, 2025.

In November 1950, Grissom was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Nov. 8 in the vicinity of Parwon Myon, North Korea, after the Battle of the Ch’ongch’on River. After the war, returning prisoners reported that Grissom was held at Camp 5 in Pyoktong, North Korea and died on April 30, 1951.

This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Grissom’s case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.