Press Release | Oct. 10, 2024

Soldier Accounted for from Korean War (O’Brien, T.)

WASHINGTON  –  

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

In late 1950, O’Brien was a member of Headquarters Battery, 90th Field Artillery Battalion, Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action by tank fire on Oct. 26, 1950, after his unit was attacked by Korean People’s Army (KPA) forces while moving through the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). Following the end of hostilities, there was no information to suggest O’Brien was being held as a prisoner of war, and there was no body recovered.

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