Press Release | Oct. 15, 2024

Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (Hardy, D.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. David E. Hardy, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2024.

In late 1950, Hardy was a member of Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircract Artillery – Automatic Weapons Battalion, Division Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 1, 1950, after his unit attempted to withdraw from Kunu-ri, North Korea, on Nov. 30, following the Battle of Ch’ongch’on. In 1953, a POW from Hardy’s unit was returned during Operation Big Switch, where he reported Hardy had been a prisoner of war and died on Feb. 28, 1951, at Prisoner of War Camp #5.

This is an initial press release. The complete accounting of Hardy’s case will be published once the family has received their full briefing.