Press Release | Nov. 25, 2024

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Troup, H.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Howard A. Troup, 29, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Nov. 20, 2024.

In the fall of 1950, Troup was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He went missing in action during a battle in the vicinity of Hill 409, near Am-sin, South Korea, when enemy forces attacked and overran his company’s defensive positions on Sept. 1. A statement from a member of his unit said he was likely killed by a grenade during an all-out human-wave assault. The Army issued a presumptive finding of death in December 1953.

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