Press Release | March 21, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From WWII (Gibson, C.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that Army Cpt. Charles G. Gibson Jr., 28, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for March 17, 2025.

In late 1950, Gibson was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action Dec. 11, 1950, in the vicinity of Hagaru-ri near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. The U.S. Army did not receive any information to indicate that he was ever held as a Prisoner of War and on Dec. 31, 1953, issued a presumptive finding of death.

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